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Gina De Bernardis, an Argentine hunting guide, was introduced to hunting and fishing by her father Héctor, who has been a hunting guide since his youth. Gina and her brother, Laureano, now run the family business with their father and they hunt all around Argentina. During this episode, Gina reflects on being a female hunting guide in her country, how conservation works in Argentina, struggles with poachers, invasive species and the interesting sounds produced by red stags!  Suggested Links: https://www.instagram.com/g.huntress/ https://www.instagram.com/debernardishunting/ https://debernardishunting.com/ Gina's email:info@debernardishunting.com Show notes: 1:17 – What’s in your freezer?? 1:41 – Why so much red stag meat? 4:23 – Gina shares a little about her background and upbringing. 5:14 – Getting into the guiding business, successes, and challenges. 8:01 -  Transitioning from wanting to be an artist to wanting to be a hunting guide. 10:35 – Merging art and hunting through photography. 11:32 -  What is it like to be a female hunter in Argentina? 14:06 – Hunting is part of the “underground” in Argentina? 16:07 – Gina takes friends out but it is difficult to folks to understand. 20:07 - Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. 22:02 -  Signs and symptoms of dengue fever! 25:20 – A day in the life of a Argentina based hunting guide. It’s a BIG COUNTRY! 29:27 – Where does Gina guide hunting trips in Argentina? 32:12 -  How does conservation work in Argentina? Is there anything similar to the North American model of conservation? 37:26 – What does it mean to be a “fielder”? 38:25 - Lands management in Argentina. 41:10 – Cutting the grass or mowing and how this can hurt partridge. 44:03 – Gina shares one of her favorite stories from the field. 50:40 – What does the stag roar sound like and what is the season? 52:20 - Do the animals experience a lot of pressure in the areas Gina hunts? What about poachers? 54:25 – Do women come and hunt in Argentina? What are Gina’s hopes and dreams in this realm for the future? 56:46 – Weekly closer: hits and misses! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After Tanya Dowdy and her husband sold their veterinary practice, she started working at a tackle shop. That led to a boater safety job, requiring Tanya to get her captain's license. Before she knew it, she was elbows-deep in Reel Chica Charters, which takes anglers of all abilities on fishing trips off the coast of South Carolina. Tanya is on a mission to make angling and boating more accessible to everyone -- especially women.  3:00 A freezer portrait from a woman who gets to fish 12 months of the year 5:00 From a family business to working in a tackle shop... then an invite to get your captain's license... then, "Why don't you do fishing charters?" 8:00 The process of getting your captain's license 13:00 Girl meets redfish 16:00 What to expect on a fishing charter 17:00 The smell of "pluff mud" -- sulfurish and smells like home 23:00 Charters can tailor a day of fishing to most experience levels on board 25:26 Pssst... we're doing another giveaway! This time it's from Prois to give away a full outfit! Yes, that’s correct, we are giving away a Triall Pack, Torai Pants, Torai Jacket, Cap, AND a Tintri 2.0 shirt!! Check out the Artemis Instagram or Facebook feeds for all the details. 27:00 When a rodmaker asks you to join a photoshoot in Alabama, you say YES (St. Croix Rods) 29:00 The catch of a lifetime 32:00 Conflict over redfish breeding and easy catching conditions 33:00 "Covid did crazy things for the fishing and water industry." 35:00 Be a conscious angler/guide with responsible fish-handling 37:00 Ventilating a fish 39:00 Sharks... the 'tax collector' of the seas 42:00 SaferBoater.org ... We all have to do driver's ed for cars, but no so for boats! (That said, it's still a good idea) 50:00 Getting a kid his first saltwater fish... "This is why I do this and I love doing this." 54:00 Find Tanya on Instagram or at Reel Chica Charters 58:00 Companies buoying female charter captains (and anglers): Aftco, St. Croix Rods, Z-Man Fishing, Eye Strike Fishing, Rheos glasses, Shimano Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tiffiny Sanders is a mother of four, an avid sportswoman, and an ambassador who aims to connect others with the outdoors. Tiffiny is an adult-onset hunter who got into sporting when she got together with her husband. In this episode: waterfowl retrieval in gator country, food as medicine, the tension between loving animals and harvesting them, race and identity, and building a community of hunters. 2:00 Hunting in the Florida heat: stay cool, acclimated to the heat, and covered up from insects 4:00 Gator bait trivia: Which body part floats and rots nicely?  7:00 "I'm definitely an outdoors grocery shopper." 9:00 Waterfowl hunting in Florida & retrieving ducks in gator country 13:00 Adult-onset hunting, large families, and sticking with it through small kids 14:00 Acquiring hunting knowledge online (YouTube, podcasts, articles, etc) and distilling the useful parts 19:00 Outdoors & natural foods as medicine 23:00 Nontypical Outdorsman- promoting outdoor diversity and inclusion by education and outreach 27:00 @lolaofthesouth  29:00 The tension between loving animals and also harvesting them for food 32:00 Choosing your role in the food system 33:00 Looking different than your family (both natal and family by marriage) 36:00 When farm children go vegetarian & embracing the freedom of choice for your kids 41:00 The JOY of watching your kids succeed in the field, and anticipating a similar journey with your grandkids 43:00 Teaching hunter's ed, becoming an Artemis ambassador... SHARING the wisdom/power/knowledge of sporting with others = a joy in and of itself 46:00 Artemis waterfowl hunt on the horizon in Florida toward the end of January, keep an eye out for registration 47:00 Franchi Affinity Catalyst, a shotgun designed for women Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're revisiting one of our favorite episodes from the Artemis archives... Beavers are amazing! Artemis is diving straight into the beaver pond with Dr. Emily Fairfax, ecohydrologist, science story teller, and beaver dam enthusiast. Join us to hear how this keystone species shapes our landscape, supports wildlife, and improves our watershed wherever they slap a tail. Plus, don't forget to take our podcast listener survey for a chance to win a $100 gift card to Isle Royale Outfitters. The giveaway closes on Nov. 2.  2:00 "Beavers are a keystone species, which means they modify their environment in a way that influences the whole ecosystem." 3:30 First beaver experience... when your animal guide finds you 5:30 Idaho's beaver reintroduction efforts involved parachuting them in the Frank Church 7:00 Hauling a canoe over a beaver dam (over and over) in the Boundary Waters makes you realize what incredible engineers beavers are 9:00 Beavers are masters at helping lands retain water longer, which benefits a slew of other animal species – including fish, birds and ungulates! 11:00 In Nevada, beavers started improving cattle grazing land... but their real hero moment was during a drought, when areas with beavers stayed greener longer. 14:30 Now there's just two species of beaver: North American Beaver and the Eurasian Beaver. They're different enough that they can't interbreed, but both are dam-builders 15:00 There used to be 20-odd beaver species... some dug spiral burrows into the earth, others were Pleistocene-size beavers as big as linebackers 16:00 Dam-building was a hugely advantageous skill, evolutionary-wise... it meant beavers could build their own habitat pretty much anywhere there was water 17:00 Beaver populations remained stable pre-settlement, when some indigenous cultures had ways of self-regulating harvest. The European fur trade marked the start of beaver decline 19:30 "Ecological amnesia"... when people can't remember whether or not an animal is native to a landscape 21:15 Beaver dams generally don't stop the flow of water completely. Beavers then dig channels out from the dam, dispersing water, and also giving them routes back to the dam (so they're not just chicken nuggets waddling around on land). This is the chief mechanism of how beavers turn streams into wetlands. 26:00 Water retention, water temperature, and soil health in beaver habitat 28:00 How beavers overwinter... it's brilliant 31:30 Beaver family units... they mate for life!  33:00 Adult beavers can be enormous... up to 110 pounds, especially in northern climates. (They're also a favorite food for some wolf packs.) 38:00 BDA = beaver dam analog (basically a human-constructed beaver dam to replicate the species' effect on the landscape) 39:00 Beavers and people/private lands... we have some tricks for management, like the "beaver deceiver" 41:00 Beaver presence in Nevada... it's a big of a mystery how they got there. Beaver dispersal is difficult because they're not well-adapted to moving over land 45:00 Beaver misconceptions are a huge obstacle for beaver conservation. Education is an important arm of conservation. 48:00 Beaver ponds are remarkable fire deterrent, and they're refuges for wildlife, "emerald sanctuaries" 51:00 The West has lost 60-90 percent of its natural wetlands... this has likely affected how fire behaves on the landscape 52:00 Beaver ponds = duck city! 53:45 "Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter" by Ben Goldfarb 55:00 How accurate is our perception of what a Western stream looks like? Those smooth-banked places we like to fish? They're not as natural as they look. 58:00 Find Emily @emilyfairfax on Twitter, or by email emily.fairfax@csuci.edu 59:00 Emily's film on beavers and wildfires 59:30 Beaver ponds are full of pointy sticks! But they're very stable to walk across Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emilie Cram worked for an outfitter in Wyoming -- where her jobs included packing mules, quartering elk, and pretty much anything else needed on guided hunting trips. When she took up a rifle herself, she found that even after so much time in the field, there are STILL questions it helps to be able to phone a friend for. Emilie also made good on a lifelong infatuation with Maine's seafaring culture by learning to lobster... which is fascinating. Trust us on this one! 2:00 "Hoot-owl restrictions" vary by state... some states close rivers to fishing when the river temp stays high. Others rely on anglers' judgement. 7:00 Winter scallops for year-round eating, plus berries galore 9:30 Tip for keeping turkey feathers: Freeze them so the mites don't deteriorate the feather 12:00 Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation 13:00 Learning to hunt working at a family outfitting business out West, then bringing those skills back home to the Northeast 16:00 Becoming a lobsterwoman (+ lobster-bacon salads) 19:00 A lifelong crush on the state of Maine 20:00 The regulatory climate for Maine lobstering 24:00 Bait 25:00 A wee bit of lobster ecology 28:00 No keeping the monster lobsters... "keepers" are a function of lobster size (dimensions) and gender 33:00 A rule of thumb: If you get a pound of lobster per trap (about one keeper), you're in the black on your lobstering 36:00 Notching a lobster 40:00 Going from working for an outfitter to being the one who does everything on a personal hunt 43:00 The power of being able to phone a friend when an unforeseen hunting problem arises 45:00 Hunting East vs. West... dense private lands vs. open public lands 48:00 Density of deer versus density of hunters 51:00 The nuance of asking permission to hunt on private lands... and as a landowner, sometimes having to say 'no' 53:00 NWF Outdoors podcast 59:00 Turkey eggs 1:00:00 Pasta Grannies! If you missed it last week... now's the time to catch up 1:00:02 Fly FisHer Adventures in Helena, Mont. Find Emilie on Insta @instahcram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last time we spoke with Sharenda, we heard about how she got into shooting and reloading. This week, we get an update on where she's at in her journey being a hunter and angler. She's been dove-hunting and tying her own flies... AND, she's bringing other women along on the journey through a program called WildHERness. Becoming a hunter can feel like a long process. Sharenda breaks down her journey into simple steps, sometimes as concrete as "Next thing: buy tent." 2:00 WildHERness.org , a program to get women into sporting, @wildHERness_ on Insta and WildHERness on Facebook 4:00 Missouri's Pheasants Forever "Go Wild" program ... like a BOW program, but for women in Missouri/Kansas (September 24-26) 8:00 Imagine a weekend with arts & crafts AND reloading activities... #dreamcometrue 10:00 Girls with Guns "Upland" pants 12:00 Boots for female hunters: Danner "Wayfinder" boots, RedWing "Upland" boots, Timberland "Pros", plus... good 'ol Muck boots 13:00 Squeaky boot problems... is it the laces? The insoles?  17:00 DSG clothing line... hello, ladies! Adjustable inseams, plus-size and petite options, etc 20:00 Let's snow-boogie-board, y'all 21:00 Miss Sharenda on Artemis the first time? Add it to your listening queue 23:00 A first-time dove hunt... "those little boogers fly like bats!" #theyrequick 27:00 Hunt prep on YouTube... good idea? bad idea? 28:00 When your friends are literally your bird dogs 34:00 Coleman pop-up camping bed 36:00 Practicing your duck calling around the house can be rough on a relationship... but what if you did it every time you were at a stoplight? 37:00 Christopher Polk duck calls 41:00 Fly-tying, fly-casting... practice, practice, practice (whenever you can) 44:00 Taxidermists have a quagmire of regulatory hoops 51:00 The garage-centric chicken coop set-up 57:00 How antelope negotiate fences... it's fascinating 1:04 A keep-your-cooler-cool trick involving a wet towel 1:06 Find Artemis (and Sharenda) in our Facebook group ... Sharenda is also on Instagram @pinkshears Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inclusive conservation leadership is vital to the future of our hunting and fishing heritage. In February, Artemis hosted a leadership training series aimed at furnishing more women with the skills needed to step into leadership roles. Whether you're interested in serving on a state Fish and Game commission or a non-profit board, we aim to bring you the tools you need to be successful.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we dive into disturbance ecology, looking at whole-forest health by zeroing in on the ruffed grouse. Grouse populations in some areas have experienced stark declines in recent decades. Some scientists call ruffed grouse a bellwether species -- what's good for the grouse is generally good for the forest. We talk about the difference between preservation and conservation, the mosaic make-up of healthy forests, and the potential of forests to be carbon sinks. 2:00 The Ruffed Grouse Society on Facebook - @RuffedGrouseSociety, Twitter  - @rgs_aws, Instagram - @ruffedgrousesociety   3:00 Artemis Tennessee Deer Camp… stay tuned for the full story! 4:30 Ashley Peters, @grouse.lady 6:00 R3 conference in Minnesota + other programs for getting women into hunting 7:00 Merry Grouse-mas! 10:00 “Glunting”… like glamping, but for hunting… “Glamor is relative” 12:00 In windy grouse hunting conditions it helps to use sight over scent 15:00 Grouse mating display & their bass-y drumming sound (OR, what European settlers puzzled over as some strange ghostly heartbeat of the land) 19:00 Grouse as a bellwether for whole forest health 20:00 “Conservation Is Behavior” 21:00 Ruffed grouse listed as a species of greatest concern in 19 states & a decline in diverse healthy forests 24:00 Healthy forests: A variety of age classes and species, which help bolster a forest’s resilience against threats like pests, drought, fire, etc 28:00 In places with fragmented land ownership, conservation goals depend on collaboration 33:00 If all the public lands in the U.S. were lumped together, how would it compare (in size) to other countries of the world? ....[insert jeopardy music]... it'd be the TENTH (hypothetical) largest country in the world 35:00 Forest disturbances then and now; Disturbance-dependent species like grouse 40:00 Grouse stay in a relatively small proximity for most their lives compared to most birds 41:00 "Managing the landscape in a mosaic is the gold standard" 44:00 Healthy forests... "You can't just plant a bunch of trees and walk away" 48:00 Grouse are challenged by low-snow years... "We're not going to plant our way out of this problem" 50:00 Carbon programs to fund forest programs 54:00 The decline of grouse and woodcock has spurred RGS to change how it does conservation on the ground and added a sense of urgency to habitat improvement projects 57:00 Gene flow is limited for species who don't wander far from home 59:00 Woodcock - listed as a species of greatest conservation need 1:02 Recovering America's Wildlife Act  1:07 If you care about forests, do your research & learn as much as you can 1:10 Hunter and Angler's Guide to Climate Change 1:12 Join the Artemis community -- we have a Facebook group with great people and rich discussion, we have an awesome book club, and programs/events for female hunters (some online, some in person). If Artemis has meant something to you, please consider sharing it with a friend or making a donation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is Artemis? This week we're revisiting one of our earliest episodes, featuring two of the brilliant minds who spearheaded the effort to make a space for sportswomen and conservationists. We'll hear from Maggie Heumann and Jess Johnson about how Artemis got going and why this work matters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kate Crump owns and operates Frigate Adventure Travel with her husband, Justin. Kate is a fishing guide based in Bristol Bay, Alaska and Oregon’s North Coast. Kate serves on the board of Pacific Rivers and is a member of the North Coast Citizens for Watershed Protection, promoting and protecting healthy watersheds. Her writing has been featured in the Fly Fish Journal, Trout Magazine, Patagonia Fly Fishing catalog, and the Salmon Steelhead Journal.  Links: Pacific Rivers Films: https://www.pacificrivers.org/storytelling.html Short Lesson on Snake River Dams: https://www.columbiariverkeeper.org/our-work/saving-salmon/snake-river-dams Our lodge: www.thelodgeat58north.com Show notes: 1:02 – Kate shares what is in her freezer… Bristol Bay salmon, lincod, blackcod, elk and pig! 2:25 – How do you ship a pig to/from Alaska? 3:31 – Alaskan Airlines is unlike any other airline; they transport a lot of interesting supplies. 6:12 – Kate shares some background on her business and adventures in life as a fishing guide. 9:38 – Kate talks about her upbringing and start in fishing. 14:24 - Kate reflects on the value of being super present when fishing and how spirituality plays a role in her angling pursuits. 17:17 - What lead Kate to Washington and her first-time fishing?  21:31 – The awesomeness of Kate learning to love fishing and then moving to Alaska to become a fishing guide. 23:48 – Carlee asks Kate how she creates a safe and fun environment for kids to learn how to fish. 27:01 – Short break for a message from one of our partners, PRIOS, and our partner podcast NWF Outdoors. Be sure to follow Artemis and NWF Outdoors on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram! 28:22 – Kate talks about the Bristol Bay Defense Fund and why we need to protect Bristol Bay. 32:45 – A crash course on the Snake River Dams and the story of the Columbia River salmon. 36:05 – How are we still talking about building dams in 2023? 39:35 – Genetic differences between spring and fall chinook salmon. 42:32 - How can people engage and contribute to these efforts (salmon and steelhead recovery). Take the time to sign your name and check the box on ACTION ALERTS! 45:19 – “I definitely and truly believe that the best way to heal our world is to start with ourselves… just being very kind to everyone you run into.” 47:47 – Kate reflects on hard questions and one of her favorite moments on the water. 53:45 – Hits and Misses of the week! Goose hunting, fishing with babies and travels to Chile!                 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kacey Edwards moved to Tennessee from Florida for a nursing job at the start of the pandemic. Despite the timing, she found a husband and a welcoming trapping community in her new state. While Kacey was working night shifts as a nurse, she made an effort to get her young dog out for exercise during the day, usually at the farm she was trapping on. That led her down the path of training a bird dog, which Kacey talks about in this episode. Plus: bobcat meatballs, coyote recipes, shopping for "dog bones" in Ghana, and boykin spaniels. 3:00 There IS husband material on Tinder, everyone... especially if your profile pic is you holding up a 10-foot gator you harvested 6:00 "I just kept showing up" - a trapping workshop leads to a trapping job 9:00 Night-shift as a nurse during the pandemic, trapping during the day 12:00 Who's watching "Alone" on Netflix right now?  14:00 Competition from other predators on a trap line 17:00 Valentine's Day coyotes + how you eat/prepare a coyote 19:00 Procuring "dog bones" in Ghana 20:00 Bobcat meatballs 23:00 Boykin spaniels - dual-purpose bird dogs 24:00 Dogs can change the trajectories of our lives - being on the trapping farm led to training a duck dog 26:00 Cornerstone Gundog Academy 27:00 Tools for training a new duck dog: clickers, e-collars 28:00 Dogs who'll eat anything... saltwater, pots of oil 30:00 Puppy's first goose retrieval 34:00 Artemis: The thing we didn't realize we were all missing 36:00 Snarfing a PBJ right as a buck comes in; Taking a shot, losing the animal, praying for sign before dark, and then.... VOILA 41:00 Blood-tracking dogs 47:00 Full October, full heart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melody Engle is the captain of the U.S. Women's Spearfishing team, which is headed to Sardinia next month for the Spearfishing World Championships. She tells us what it's like to condition for World's, how to master your mind as a freediver, and how her own headgame was influenced by a background in competitive figure skating and skydiving. Plus -- targeting fish, stone shots, and the ecology of the marine ecosystems we depend on. 3:00 The best tasting fish is a fresh fish 5:30 Speara - woman who spearfishes 8:00 A typical spearfishing outing; Determining 'drop' location based on quarry 10:00 Where to aim on a fish... a "stone shot" 11:00 Distance from fish when you shoot + you ARE the reel... you have to swim the fish to the surface 12:00 The quality of your shot can influence how quickly sharks pick up on that animal's demise 13:00 A good spearfishing friend fends off a shark (!) while you get your fish to the surface 15:00 Diving for a Cause + Ted Harty's freediving course 19:00 Getting into freediving in your 50s (with a background in figure skating and skydiving) 21:00 Being captain of the U.S. Women's Spearfishing team 24:00 U.S. Women's Spearfishing Team headed to World's in Italy in September: World Spearfishing Championship 2021; Plus, if you have any to spare, their GoFundMe page is still active. (Plus... it's a WINNING team!) 26:00 The U.S. Women's Spearfishing Team is relatively new compared to teams in other countries. Follow them on Insta @usa_spearfishing_womens_team and Facebook @USAWomensSpearfishingTeam 27:00 How team members are selected 27:30 U.S. Women's Spearfishing Alliance - conservation & camaraderie 33:00 Shooting a 68-pound yellowfin tuna in Costa Rica 37:00 Decline in Florida hogfish in the past couple years 38:00 Reef-safe sunscreens (like Stream2Sea) 43:00 A high-level competition mindset is about disciple, mastering your nerves, being present 46:00 What's the fate of the fish caught during spearfishing tournaments? Fresh fish are sacred to many 50:00 Ciguatera poisoning 55:00 Freediving + black out risk 58:00 Do you have a boat? It's an obstacle to entry for many Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kathleen Zapletal was a new(ish) hunter when she noticed a lack of women-specific apparel in the sporting world. "Pink it and shrink it" seemed to be the motto of gear-makers. Zapletal founded Isle Royale Outfitters, which makes gear for women. She tells us about the place behind the name -- Isle Royale National Park in Michigan's Upper Peninsula -- and about how you make tactical gear... from odor reduction, to noiselessness in the materials. Want to win gear from Isle Royale Outfitters? Head on over to our @artemis_sportswomen for our Giveaway Contest! 2:00 Intro to Upland & Waterfowl Hunting in Minnesota 3:00 Michigander Self vs. Montana Self... it's an internal battle royale some days 4:00 Smoked trout dip recipe 5:00 Isle Royale Outfitters: women-specific hunting apparel 7:00 From hunting "snack manager" to harvester of the snacks 9:00 Isle Royale National Park on Michigan's Upper Peninsula... it's remote and wild: wolves, aurora, flies, no road access, etc 12:00 Isle roy-UL, or Isle roy-AL?  16:00 Family backpacking trip from hell 20:00. #findyourfield... cross-functional gear for all women 21:00 Tactical considerations in making gear: Odor suppressant, how loud is the material, mobility if you're back-casting or drawing a bow 24:00 "Camo is having a moment in the fashion world."  29:00 Scout in the clothes you plan to wear hunting 32:00 "Shrink it and pink it" - the old-school way of making hunting apparel for women 36:00 Grandmas = indispensable during hunting season 40:00 Two birds with one shot 45:00 New jobs, new sense of purpose (which may align with fishing time) Want to win gear from Isle Royale Outfitters? Head on over to our @artemis_sportswomen for our Giveaway Contest! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Artemis program manager Carlee Koutnik tells us about her summer trip aboard a fishing boat called the Warthog in Bristol Bay. The sockeye fishery is a frenzy of activity, and Carlee got to work aboard a 32-foot fishing boat schlepping salmon. We get an inside look at the fishery, the regulations that keep it viable, and the business of commercial fishing. Plus... how do you go make a poo on a small fishing boat? Stay tuned. 4:00 Storytelling = mankind's earliest form of entertainment 6:00 Offering to help on an Alaskan salmon boat solely for the experience, getting the 'yes' from a fishing captain, and then... "Planning for Alaska is a different type of planning." 10:00 How the sockeye fishery works 12:00 Xtratuf boots in the habitat they were designed for 15:00 Fisheries regulation in Alaska 20:00 When fishing is on, it gets hectic -- lots of boats in the water are vying for a limited quarry 21:00 Gillnet fishing 25:00 "Picking, bleeding, chilling and floating" 32:00 From Bristol Bay to your dinner table 35:00 Finding a $20 gallon of ice cream at sea... #bliss 40:00 Preparing salmon  44:00 The life cycle of salmon -- it's a pretty amazing feat of biology  50:00 Managing fear in high-consequence environments; Leaning into discomfort/risk 54:00 "Be bold, stay curious, and get outside"... words to live by 57:00 "The Brilliant Abyss" by Helen Scales 1:02 Biden creates new national monument to protect Grand Canyon 1:04 So... how DO you poop on a 32-foot fishing boat? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some of our favorite guests from podcasts past join us to talk about what they're wishing for this year. Hannah Marcom and Sharenda Birts have tips and tricks galore -- like giving the gift of not having to learn from someone you're related to, or how exactly you can enjoy a latte in the field, frothed milk and all -- OR, could your HSA pay for those electronic Bluetooth earplugs you've always wanted? Get the scoop in our second annual holiday gifts episode. 'Tis the season to be merry, Artemis! 2:00 Our gift gurus: You might remember Hannah from earlier this year on the program, and long-time guest Sharenda, from WildHERness.org is back on the mic, too! 4:00 Outdoor apparel in the fitting room versus the field 6:00 On being an underbuyer of gear 8:00 WildHERness "Go Wild" event, where one participant left for snacks, returned with a roadkill squirrel and asked if they could field dress it #yeswecan! 11:00 Sound Gear Phantom ear buds - you hear the stuff you want (animals, audiobooks) and minimize what you don't want (firearms, crickets) 13:50 Also... you miiiight be able to get those ear plugs covered on your HSA plan #winning 14:00 On to base layers... confessions of a recovering merino wool purist 15:00 FORLOH for good-quality, synthetic base layers. Base layer tops and Base Layer Bottoms. Want more options? Check out Badlands tops and bottoms, too 17:00 Lightweight foldable shooting stick in the $30 range 20:00 Different sticks for different chicks. Think about what’s right for you. 23:00 Range-finding binos -- many different products, the Bushnell Fusion is one of the more affordable out there; the Vortex Fury is also a great set 28:00 Orvis Women's Ultralight Wading Boot with studs - a big step up from the Chacos/neoprene socks combo 30:00 A nice knife saves a lot of time on sharpening; Try a Havalon Talon Hunt set with blades you can swap out (plus, getting those blades out!) 37:00 Invest in yourself & your competence; take the bow course, buy a membership at the range -- those things add up 39:00 There's something to be said for learning from people you're not related to 44:00 "If I'm questioning if I can make that, I'm just not going to do it." Taking a good shot is more important than taking a shot 45:00 Wild rags for EVERYTHING 46:00 Flashback to the Kula Cloth: 3Ps with Anastasia Allison of Kula Cloth 48:00 The Ember, a battery-powered coffee cup that keeps your joe WARM 50:00 In the field, the CamelBak Mag Insulated Bottle will keep coffee hot for about six hours; And you've got to have a Stanley thermos (or 10)... "the original Yeti;" Lastly, the sexy thermos, Mossy Oak Camo Thermo. 52:00 Serious coffee in the field - try the Mukka; or the Jet Boil has a French press attachment 58:00 #coolertalk... wheels, bear locks, bottle opener, etc (the Otterbox cooler is Sharenda's fav) If this show has meant something to you, please consider giving to Artemis. You can donate here -- all money goes to support programs that get women on the water and in the field. #thankyou Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part highlight reel, part blooper episode: Artemis's end-of-year special is back. Hear the most memorable clips from our THIRD year on the airwaves. As always, thank you for being here.   1:00 Artemis's Women in Conservation Leadership series aired this spring, an 8-episode dive into the stuff strong leadership is made of 4:00 Check out Artemis's field episodes: A rabbit hunt with Mary Lynn and turkey camp in South Carolina 6:00 This year we brought you field events, book clubs, tactics courses, a year's worth of podcasts, and more. If Artemis has meant something to you, please share the show with a friend or leave us a review wherever you listen. If you're able to donate, all financial contributions are put toward expanding access for women in sporting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The hunting landscape is about 89% male and 97% white. Although there are a number of recruitment/retention groups out there to add to the ranks, we talk about why we need groups for specific demographics -- like Artemis for women, or Hunters of Color for the BIPOC community. Lydia Parker joins us from Hunters of Color to talk about the group's mission -- how they aim to reach out to hunters of color and say, "Yes.. you. This table was made for YOU. Join us." 1:00 What someone names their chickens tells you a lot about them 3:30 Hunters of Color: HuntersOfColor.org, on Insta @huntersofcolor, FB - Hunters of Color 5:30 What being a play-by-play baseball commentator teaches you about the hunting scene (and what it's like when sports broadcasting runs in the family) 10:00 Becoming comfortable with firearms as an adult 14:00 How can you tactfully introduce sporting culture to communities traumatized by gun violence?  15:00 Reframing: Firearms as weapons vs. firearms as tools 16:00 Hunting demographics: about 89% male, 97% white  18:00 Empathy and education first 20:00 How do groups like Hunters of Color go from idea to fully-fleshed organization? Plus, the early stereotypes that got the ball rolling 23:00 "Is Hunting Too White" by Patrick Durkin 25:00 Community-building & recruiting ambassadors 30:00 There are so many groups/events/organizations that help recruit new hunters... everyone is welcome! So why do we NEED specific groups like Artemis/Hunters of Color? Hunters of Color FAQ 35:00 Author Angela Davis and thoughts on oppression/privilege/inclusivity 36:00 "Everyone can be a better ally to someone else." 40:00 "Generational wealth" also refers to things like family knowledge and culture 42:00 What's the responsibility that comes with owning/knowing your own privilege? 45:00 "Hunting and Fishing in the New South" by Scott Giltner - a book that looks into Black hunters pre- and post-slavery, exclusionary hunting laws, land ownership then and now, and more  54:00 There's value in having the hard/uncomfortable conversations 55:00 Mentor application on HOC website; And become a Member 58:00 Want to make a difference? Volunteer volunteer volunteer 59:00 Catch Hunters of Color co-founder Jimmy Flatt on NWF Outdoors: Breaking Down Barriers to Entering Hunting 1:02 Those hunts where you suffer? Sometimes they're the most memorable. Fern pollen to the face!  1:06 Sometimes the fish throw you a bone! Catching one as you're preoccupied elsewhere 1:08 Portugal. The Man   1:10 Artemis Fly Fishing Tactics... that's a wrap! What should we cover next? Send us a note: artemis@nwf.org. And as always, join our Artemis Podcast Facebook group to continue the conversation Other groups for your radar: Brown Folks Fishing, Outdoor Afro, Queers and Camo , LGBTQ Outdoors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the program, a reunion! Mandela van Eeden is leaving Artemis for an epic road trip throughout Africa, where she plans to put her storytelling skills to work on behalf of endangered elephants and rhinoceros. Marcia drops in to talk about what she's been up to ever since leaving Artemis a year ago. We discuss conservation work, burnout, and the powerful feelings of success in what can feel like an up-and-down career.  5:00 Bear-fat French fries, applesauce up the wazoo, and game as a substitute for lamb in recipes 8:00 Straddling life between South Africa and Montana 12:00 Cultivating a life in radio... 18 years strong (then transitioning to video) 14:00 'The Easter rhino'... also an egg-layer? 15:00 Conservation as a family legacy/identity 19:00 "If you think you're too small to make a difference, you've obviously never spent the night with a mosquito." 22:00 Career transitions and the why of how we find our paths (with a side dish of burnout) 28:00 Supporting public educators with counseling 32:00 When your hometown feels a little more cozy in the outdoors than it used to 35:00 Inadvertent geotracking of your wildlife photos  38:00 Lessons learned from a career at NWF - lead-free ammo, wildlife crossings, CWD, policy change, salmon recovery, and more 42:00 Advocating for the Grand Canyon on Capitol Hill 52:00 Staying involved in advocacy in Montana and abroad 53:00 Game Rangers International; Xplorer Maps 55:00 The Trail Less Traveled podcast and radio show 56:00 Interacting with children at home and abroad 57:00 Storytelling as a conservation tactic 1:06 It's not goodbye... it's 'see you downstream' 1:09 "This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. --George Bernard Shaw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Artemis is revisiting one of its most popular series ever: A deep dive into ungulate biology with the scientists of the Montieth Shop. Mule deer are remarkably faithful to the geographies they were raised in... until they're not. Ungulate ecologist Rhiannon Jakopak talks with us about rogue individuals, migration fidelity, the rose petal hypothesis, and more. Plus, the emotions of harvesting your first animal (slash ANY animal).  4:00 From vegetarianism to wildlife science to becoming a hunter with your sci-pals in tow 6:00 Taking a life... you process it while you're literally processing it. The complicated feelings are normal; they don't need to go away 12:00 Those hunting mentors who make you feel encouraged, not pressured 14:00 A first-time mule deer harvest: Watching an individual deer for weeks before getting a shot on it at 28 yards.... and just like that, a life is changed 17:00 Knowing your local mule deer as individuals... so much so that you recognize certain animals in friends' harvest photos 19:00 Transition from bow- to rifle-hunting... there's a different feel to the hunt 23:00 The Rose Petal Hypothesis - this idea that female deer establish home ranges that are adjacent to and overlapping those of the female parent and sisters in a manner that looks like the petals unfolding on a rose 24:00 Mule deer have high fidelity (faithfulness to preferred geographies) and philopatry (those places near where they were born/reared) 28:00 Because of high site fidelity/philopatry, mule deer are especially slow to fill habitat vacuums... if we inadvertently remove them from a landscape, it can take a long time for new deer to show up 31:00 Combining knowledge from the science world with the place-based experience of hunters, ranchers, and other intimate land users 32:00 Rogue deer do colonize new habitats! They completely buck the fidelity/philopatry pattern, especially with their winter range 36:00 The first year of an animal's life is crucial for establishing the behaviors that'll govern behavior later on - rogue deer go rogue as yearlings 39:00 Mule deer have generally low fawn survival... but they also typically have two fawns per year 41:00 Scientist #facepalm: when all 50 collared fawns in your study die 45:00 Why is it so fun to pick on bird people? Jokes aside, they have some SOLID science on taught vs. inherent migration 48:00 Do relatively common species lose their mystique for us? Heck no. Next time you see a deer on the side of the highway, ask yourself how many mountain ranges it crossed in the past year 52:00 Those big antlers on your buck? They're a symbol of an intelligent species on healthy, connected habitat... be reverent, everyone! 57:00 How do we tell compelling science stories? 1:02 We're in an unprecedented era of everyone caring how we communicate/reach each other 1:06 The good news: Everyone cares about mule deer. The bad news: We disagree what's going on with them 1:08 Scientists as arbiters of information for policymakers 1:13 MontiethShop.org - a place to get involved and be in the loop on new science; Also @Monteith.Shop on Insta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode of Artemis, Program Manager Annita Lucchesi sits down with Mary Lynn, Artemis Lease Manager in Crab Orchard, Tennessee, and Kelly Ott, a passionate hunter and mentor, to talk about the power of place—and what it means to have access to land and a community that uplifts women in the outdoors. Mary and Kelly share the story behind Artemis’ 1,700-acre lease in Tennessee, how it’s creating opportunities for women to learn skills from land management to hunting, and why mentorship is at the heart of it all. From first-time hunters to lifelong woodswomen, this conversation is full of laughs, heart, and a whole lot of inspiration. As sportswomen, we don’t fit into any box or stereotype but enjoy being our full, authentic selves. There is no one definition of a sportswoman – Artemis celebrates the million ways to be one, and uplifts sportswomen as unique leaders of the sporting world and conservation. We are a nationwide community reflecting the diversity, leadership, expertise, and sisterhood of women hunters and anglers. Artemis sportswomen encourage one another in their growth and success as hunters and anglers, and role model women’s leadership in caring for the lands and waters we harvest from and know so well. Join us in our work to elevate sportswomen as sporting and conservation leaders today! Learn more: https://artemis.nwf.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Linda White had zero experience with trapping when she started dating a trapper. She approached his passion with an open mind, and the more she learned, the more trapping became Linda's passion, too. Linda is a trapper in New York, and she and her husband also manufacture a line of scent and lure products through their company, Sawmill Creek Baits and Lures. On this episode, we discuss Linda's journey to becoming a trapper, and the hits and misses along the way. 1:00 Trapper Girl Inc. 2:00 Food freezer vs. furbearer freezer(s) 4:30 Reel Camo Girl & Kids for Catches 7:00 Bear-trapping is on the books in Maine 10:00 Conquering(/understanding) your own first impression of trapping/trappers... "Everybody has a right to explain themselves. So let's talk about it." 14:00 What IS a good death?  19:00 Seeing local changes in duck and rabbit populations after beginning to trap in a new area 20:00 Checking a coyote trap that's come unanchored 24:00 Being involved enough in a hunt/harvest that you seek to change it, to improve the process or our behaviors toward it 25:00 Did you catch our episode with Vanna Boccadori? 27:00 Foothold trapping 101 & lures and the senses engaged 35:00 Knowing a species well enough to get it to place a paw on a trap requires a major time investment 37:00 Transitioning from suburban, townhome lady to someone who can distinguish dog tracks from coyote tracks 41:00 Getting into the bait and lure business, and learning at trade shows and demos 43:00 Learning from failed trap sets 44:00 Reading the snow for what's happening among nearby wildlife 49:00 Canada Goose (the apparel maker) stops sourcing new fur for it's high-end jackets 50:00 Domestic vs. international fur markets 57:00 What attracts an animal to a trap is often a process of trial and error (p.s. try the snow angel!) 59:00 Find Linda on Facebook or Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're revisiting one of our favorite episodes on a timely subject matter: Rifles - they seem so simple, right? You put the bullet in. You pull the trigger. You (hopefully) kill the animal. But there's a lot of nuance in how a rifle performs, and it can often feel overwhelming to new hunters. This week we're talking to two experts from the firearms industry: Rachel Schmidt, formerly of Kimber Manufacturing, and Neal Emery of Hornady.  3:00 - Mushrooms in lasagna? OR CAPERS?! 5:30 - Piscivorous: You were probably missing this from your vocabulary. 7:00 - On growing up in a hunting family, "I never knew there wasn't hunting." 14:00 - Rifle calibers... what do those numbers mean?  15:00 - First off, you don't need to be a rifle caliber/reloading expert to have enough working knowledge to go hunting. So don't sweat it. Start with knowing what you want to hunt. 18:00 - Calibers are confusing. It's like learning the English language... there are some general rules, but lots (LOTS) of exceptions. 19:00 - Hornady website, go to "Rifles" and "Ammunition" for a basic caliber chart 21:00 - Start with the basics: How does your rifle work? What does the firing pin do? How does the safety stop it from firing? Check out this great animation from hunter-ed.com. 27:00 - Caliber is just a size. The same caliber bullets can come in different weights, which are called grains (i.e. 220 grain versus 110 grain) 32:30 - Rifle fit and recoil. Heavier guns generally absorb recoil better (the downside: you have to carry them places). 35:00 - Muzzle brakes screw onto the tip of your barrel, and they dissipate the pressure of the air as the bullet exits the barrel, lessening recoil 37:00 - Recoil pads can go on the back of the gun to soften the recoil impact on your shoulder 37:15 - And different ammunition has different recoil... minimizing the weight of the bullet can reduce recoil some. And different gunpowder has different burning properties that can affect how a bullet feels leaving the barrel. In short: Lower recoil loads exist. 39:30 - Does noise make recoil feel worse? Wear ear protection! 44:00 - Bullet construction: This controls how fast (and when) a bullet opens up...aka mushrooming. 50:00 - How well a rifle shoots certain ammo is subjective. The only way to know what works best for your gun is to try a bunch of different bullets. 1:00:00 - Checklist for choosing a rifle: Game you're hunting, stock fit against your body, weight of the rifle, budget. 1:04:00 - Length of pull: distance between the trigger to the butt of the gun 1:06:00 - Hornady cheek pieces 1:12:00 - Rifle myth busters: "A good cartridge for women and kids is the .243" 1:24:00 - Marcia's Moroccan Fish Tagine with halibut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gwen Sanchez is the fire manager on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, a landscape that encompasses sagebrush habitat up to the high Sierras. Working in fire is different than it used to be. It's nearly a 12-month season across the country, and wildfires in the West are regularly breaking records for size and severity. Fire managers are also noticing that some landscapes aren't bouncing back from severe fire like they're supposed to. We talk about what makes a resilient landscape, and what role we play in keeping lands healthy (especially when 9 out of 10 fires are human-ignited). 1:30 Artemis has been on the air for TWO YEARS 3:00 Podcast ambitions? Everything helps!  6:00 Fire management on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, the largest forest in the Lower 48 14:00 Hard jobs = often very rewarding jobs 16:00 Career perk of working in fire: Being in the field often enough to get awesome sunrises and sunsets, to see places you wouldn't ordinarily see (Hawaii, Alaska, Australia) 20:00 On the Humboldt-Toiyabe, ALL types of ecosystems - from sage grouse habitat in the lowlands to 11,000-12,000 elevations in the high Sierra 23:00 "Run cards" are prepared plans that tell fire managers which resources are needed on different ecosystems for adequate initial response 24:00 Fire return intervals vary depending on the landscape; They can be relatively frequent in dry shrublands, and as long as 50-100 years in high-alpine areas that receive a lot of winter precipitation 27:00 Drought and climate change are generally compressing fire return intervals, making fire more frequent across most landscapes 29:00 "What we used to think was complex 20 years ago, that's not even close to what we're seeing as complex now."  30:00 Longer fire seasons; larger fires (in 2021 the country saw its first wildfire over a million acres); higher severity of wildfires; wildfire on new landscapes; fire altering habitat 32:00 "We're seeing things that we never thought we would see." 34:00 Fires are regularly out-performing predictive models 36:00 9 out of 10 wildfires are human-caused; How do we educate new lands users? Fire prevention can make a huge difference 42:00 Debris burns that move under the soil and pop up 50 feet away - it happens 46:00 Seeing climate change during hunting season: Less snow on the ground, less habitat resiliency, changing habitat 50:00 Resilient landscapes: How quickly can lands recover to healthy, thriving landscapes after fire? Climate change is altering resiliency 51:00 Fire treatments 53:00 Critical habitat: We can't always preserve it by leaving it alone 58:00 Forest treatments versus sagebrush treatments 1:02 Rangeland & sagebrush steppe; Sagebrush is often replaced by grass after major burn events -- it can change the makeup of those habitats; A cheatgrass burn cycle can happen as frequently as every three years 1:10 Wildfire... east vs. west; Climate change looks different depending on your geography 1:14 "We're fighting fire in different parts of the country almost 12 months out of the year right now." 1:16 Volunteer-run habitat restoration projects are a hugely beneficial use of volunteer time, add it to your 2022 resolutions to join one 1:23 Duty + service when talking about our relationship to the natural world  1:24 Hunter and Angler's Guide to Climate Change, and join us in the Artemis Facebook group to discuss more topics like this Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Dr. Winifred Kessler started her career in wildlife biology, field positions weren't open to women. That changed when she was doing her PhD, and she went on to have a career that straddled academic and agency life. Wini was often "the first woman" on many different kinds of jobs. She talks about what that was like, and also shares stories of the women who came before us. There was Sheila Minor Huff, who was labeled "not identified" in a photo of other scientists taken during a whale conference. Wini also tells us about Annie Montague Alexander, a sugar heiress, explorer and naturalist whose collected specimens founded the University of California Museum of Paleontology and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. 5:00 An era of wildlife biology when field jobs weren't open to women 9:00 The gender spread is far more equitable now, and that's (gradually) being reflected in the ranks of leadership 11:00 Serving as president of The Wildlife Society 13:00 "That's the best possible thing that I can hear, you know -- that it's made a difference." 16:00 Wini's article on Sheila Minor Huff: The Hidden Heroes in North American Conservation 18:00 When you set out to research/document the rise of women in conservation... where do you even start? Many exceptional women we omitted from early records of conservation/naturalism 20:00 Flashback: There was a time when studying the classics was in vogue, and science was the “lighter material”; Men studied classics and women (with their smaller brains, you know) were OK'd to study naturalism 21:00 Women often didn't get credit for the work they did 25:00 Speaking of exceptional women in conservation history: Annie Alexander was an intrepid explorer. The sugar heiress walked 700-some miles across modern-day Kenya collecting specimens and bringing meat to her entire party most days 28:00 Female friendship makes the world go ‘round, even in Victorian times 32:00 "Let's get the stories out there." 33:00 On being the first woman in a particular role 35:00 Women often play a role in changing the culture of teams within organizations; Different styles of leadership/engagement with colleagues 39:00 "Imposter syndrome is a real thing" - women are some of the best front-line soldiers when it comes to confronting imposter syndrome in other women 42:00 If you've done good work, moved the proverbial needle, and feel good with yourself -- the satisfaction is there. What's the value of being recognized for your work?  47:00 How we present ourselves to others 49:00 "Your knowledge takes you the farthest when you can back up your ideas." 54:00 The genesis story of the Women of Wildlife group - anyone is welcome if they're willing to advance women in the profession 1:00 Volunteer leadership in conservation... "I find it very hard to say no." 1:02 Volunteer work often informs what you know for broader, professional work opportunities 1:04 With any potential volunteer opportunity, ask yourself, "Is this going to help me grow?" 1:07 What do we work on next? 1:12 "Women in Wildlife Science" anthology edited by Carol Chambers and Kerry Nicholson – Coming Fall 2022  - Pre-Order your copy here! 1:12 "Women in the Field: America's Pioneering Women Naturalists" by Marcia Bonta 1:13 Speaking of books... don't miss the Artemis book club, everyone! Currently reading: "Hunting and Fishing in the New South" by Scott Giltner. Register here! 1:15 Bass Tactics! Registration is open. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we hear from South Carolina hunter Morgan Harrell, who checks in with us on Artemis's first turkey camp in the region. Plus, what's different about hunting with other women? Also in this episode: snow geese parts, what we remember from our childhoods, and eating the non-traditional cuts of meat. 2:00 "The only thing between Columbia and hell is a screen door." 4:00 Artemis South Carolina takes flight - women are coming together to share the sport 6:00 Nuts/flour/fish/moonshine... peek into thy freezer, peek into thyself 7:30 Canning wild game... yay or nay? (Pressure canning and the fear of blowing your house up) 10:00 Snow geese hearts and livers 12:00 Liver puddin' 17:00 Heart slices over the camp fire + other family memories 18:00 Being the only woman on the trip; Making use of every last bit of your harvest 21:00 Eating the non-traditional cuts - neck roasts, caul fats, etc 24:00 The regional ethics of what we do/don't eat 29:00 Family hunt camp and dead rattlesnakes that keep on wiggling 33:00 Childhood memories from the outdoors that persist 36:00 Artemis South Carolina does turkey camp!  38:00 What's different about a hunt with all women?  44:00 Finding turkeys (or not) 45:00 Hogs do the darnedest things 51:00 Are we ready for the Official Mary Lynn Fan Club yet? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tracy Shaw might be best known as the @arkansasoutdoorswoman, but she's also a single mom, an aspiring bush pilot, a mentor to others, and an Artemis Ambassador. This week on the podcast, Tracy shares with us the joy of being a mentor to others -- even when it means being lured into gator hunting by your friends and fan base. Plus: magical waterfowl hunts, sticking to your long-term goals, and saying 'yes' to being a mentor. 2:00 - Goose and duck jerky #droolemoji 4:30 - Opening the invite to women and children in the outdoors through mentorship 8:00 "I get to be a part of so many firsts. And I just feel so blessed and honored." 9:00 The 65-year-old who wonders if she can do a goose hunt... then shoots her first goose and has it literally fall in her lap 12:00 Landowner arrangements surrounding gator tags 14:00 When your Instagram fan base begs for a gator hunt 16:00 Checking gator lines after they've been baited -- excitement like never before! Could be a 4-footer, could be a 12-footer 19:00 Encouraging others around you during high-adrenaline hunts  20:00 Gator meat can taste kind of swampy, but dressing the animal thoroughly helps 22:00 Slipping game meat past your kids 25:00 Getting the family hooked on wild turkey 28:00 Finding the family balance between kids/work/outdoors time 30:00 "I decided I wanted to be a bush pilot" - adventures in the air, and never surrendering your dreams 34:00 A 10-year-old's first goose hunt 36:00 Setting goals and slaying them 40:00 Mentoring newbies... safety should come first 45:00 "You can do anything you want to do... you don't have to be the best at it" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You better be hungry for this episode! Artemis Program Manager Annita Lucchesi shows Artemis Coordinator Paige McMahon and YOU how to make contemporary recipes with Indigenous ingredients such as steelhead, elk, huckleberries, and wild rice.  RECIPE  While these recipes are not traditional to any tribe, they do utilize traditional Indigenous foods. The goal in sharing these recipes is to remind folks that Indigenous foods are more accessible than we realize, highly versatile, easy to work with, and usable in a wide variety of cooking styles. Whether you’re Indigenous or not, Indigenous foods belong in your kitchen! Every ingredient used is Indigenous to the Americas.   Note: I am a home cook that does not believe in precise measurements. For that reason, you won’t see specific measurements in the ingredient lists below. Instead, I use descriptions of texture to give you a feel for what it should look or feel like as you go. As always, do what feels right for your palate and the size of the party you’re cooking for.   Prickly Pear Glazed Steelhead  Ingredients:  Steelhead filet  Prickly pear jam  Sunflower oil  Coarse sea salt  Directions:  Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.  In a small bowl, mix sunflower oil, salt, and prickly pear jam until evenly blended. Consistency should be similar to a thick salad dressing – thin enough to drizzle, but thick enough to lather onto the fish.   Place steelhead filet in an oven-safe pan. Spoon prickly pear glaze over the fish, making sure to spread a medium-thick layer evenly.   Bake steelhead in the oven until it is cooked to desired texture.     Wild Rice & Elk Meatballs  Ingredients:  Ground elk meat  Huckleberries  Wild rice  Mixed wild mushrooms (chanterelles recommended)  Flat (mountain) cedar  Bear root (or osha root)  Coarse sea salt  Directions:  In a large deep pan, add mushrooms, small chunks of bear root, and a pinch of cedar to water. Fill level should be deep enough to create a broth to cook the meatballs in, but not so deep that it will boil over once you add the meatballs. Place the pan on the stove on medium heat, high enough to create a flavored broth.   In a large bowl, mix ground elk, huckleberries, wild rice, a pinch of flat cedar, and salt. The final texture of the mix should be sticky enough for the meatballs to hold shape, but wet enough to remain moist after cooking in the broth.   Form meatballs by rolling between your palms – they should be approximately 1” thick.   Place meatballs directly into the broth on the stove. Turn as needed, and add additional water as needed (the rice will soak up the broth as they cook; the pan should always maintain broth in it because the rice needs the moisture). Cook thoroughly, until meat and rice are fully cooked.     Roasted Maple Chili Sweet Potatoes & Mushrooms  Ingredients:  Diced sweet potatoes  Chanterelle mushrooms (or other wild mushrooms)  Maple syrup  Guajillo chili powder  Sunflower oil  Coarse sea salt  Directions:  Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.   Place diced sweet potatoes and mushrooms in an oven-safe pan (cast iron preferred).   In a small bowl, stir sunflower oil, salt, guajillo, and maple syrup until evenly mixed. Feel free to taste as you go and modify the sweet/spicy level to your preference.   Pour the glaze over the potatoes and mushrooms, and stir to ensure pieces are evenly coated.   Bake until potatoes are soft and easily broken with a fork.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some state game departments, like Dr. Lindsey Long's, employ veterinarians to help monitor and assess the health of wildlife populations. Dr. Long tells us about her day job as a state wildlife vet, but also about the rest of her life -- becoming a hunter, becoming a bird dog owner, and what it's like to sedate a giraffe. Plus, canning meat, de-feathering ducks, and what happens when your dog gets caught in a head snare. 3:00 Pressure-canning your own meat... "I grew up in a canning family" 9:00 State wildlife agencies have veterinarians on staff... but why? 11:00 Michigan Ice Fest on the Upper Peninsula + ice climbing 101 13:00 Artemis episodes with the U.S. Women's Spearfishing Team: Kelsea Albert; Melody Engle 16:00 Vegetarian to vegan to hunter 17:00 The moment it all clicks for a bird dog... #magic 19:00 Llewellin setters 23:00 Wildlife health: "How do we maintain healthy populations now and into the future?" 29:00 Healthy habitat isn't always enough to sustain healthy wildlife... there's more to the story 36:00 Anesthetizing a giraffe 41:00 The intimacy of handling a wild animal while it's alive but sedated for science purposes 48:00 What are your local wildlife grappling with? Mange, hoof disease, CWD... a lot of useful tips on wildlife health come from hunters 51:00 Duck fat over butter, baby  53:00 Best ways to de-feather ducks quickly... got a tip? Share it with us in the Artemis Facebook group  56:00 Artemis episode on ruffed grouse 58:00 When your dog gets caught in a neck snare... pack those wire cutters 59:00 Artemis Ambassador applications for 2022 are open for a couple more days, closing on Feb.7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Karlin Gill grew up among her family's outfitting business... in Karlin's words, "Food is our love language." Hunting was always a part of her life, but hunting and foraging came to take on new meaning for Karlin as an adult as she grappled with Crohn's disease. This week we talk about actually wanting to eat what you hunt -- making exquisite food from the wild. Plus: Big bucks, missing the shot, field to fork, and TWO giveaways on the table.    2:00 Tanner crabs from Alaska & transporting your bounty on a passenger flight #carryoncrabs 4:00 Growing up in a subsistence-centric household 6:00 Artemis's foraging outing was a huge success! 7:00 Wanting to eat the bounty you forage/harvest (versus choking it down) 9:00 New to foraging? Start with something easy to identify: Pawpaws, acorns, etc. 10:00 Acorn flour, acorn milk (and mushroom flour, ya'll) 14:00 A hunting season where you just can't get into the deer 18:00 I like big bucks and I cannot lie #buckfever 21:00 National Deer Association's Field to Fork program 24:00 TWO GIVEAWAYS, everyone! First, Artemis is teaming up with Prios for the month of November to offer a full outfit of swag. Check out the Artemis Instagram or Facebook feeds for all the details on how to enter. Also, Artemis's long-time partner, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks is offering another giveaway, including a guided pheasant hunting trip, a travel voucher, and a $4,000 gift card to Scheel's. Don't miss either chance!  26:00 Crohn's disease 27:00 Safari Unlimited hosts an incredible dinner for Artemis's deer camp... "Food is our love language" 31:00 Being a hunter's ed instructor, and generally having a love for outreach/education 37:00 White belly dance 40:00 Hits and misses... the only way to never miss is to never shoot 44:00 Why can't we easily pop the deers raiding our gardens.... WHYYY!? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The spring of 2022 marked the second annual Artemis turkey camp in South Carolina... and in this episode, we GO there! Join us in the field to hear from new hunters and seasoned experts alike as they stalk birds in South Carolina's Piedmont. Plus: female friendship, epic campfire charcuterie, lukewarm coffee, soggy burritos, and other vignettes from turkey camp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ashley Chance worked as the southeast program cordinator for Artemis over the past two and a half years. She is intelligent, kind, humble, empathetic, skilled and incredibly talented at everything she does. She made an impact on every single ambassador and leader she came into contact with and her leadership will be greatly missed. Ashley is now advancing onto the next stage of her incredible career in wildlife conseration.  Ashley lives in east Tennessee with her husband and two dogs. She spends time outdoors as a hunter, angler, and horseback rider. Ashley was raised on a farm in Minnesota and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Wisconsin. After graduation, she traveled around the country working as a wildlife technician on numerous research projects. In 2013 she boarded a plane for Ghana, West Africa, where she spent two years serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a rural village. Ashley fell in love with a scraggly little puppy during her time in Ghana and managed to bring him all the way back home with her. Upon her return to the United States, she began a master’s program at Mississippi State University to determine how hunting pressure influences deer movements. While there, she met her husband and they acquired an English Springer Spaniel that is the most versatile (and crazy!) hunting dog you’ll ever meet. Ashley’s role as the South East Regional Coordinator was to extend the work of Artemis to southern states by supporting sportswomen as conservation leaders and helping them to build community. She did this... and so much more.  Show Notes: 1:22 – What’s in Ashley’s freezer? 7:01 – Special message from an Artemis ambassador based in Alaska! 7:42 – Ashley takes about her background as an equestrian enthusiast. 14:27 – Special message from an Artemis ambassador based in Tennessee! 16:02 – Ashley talks about growing up on a farm and her relationship to food. 41:20 – Special message from an Artemis ambassador based in Georgia! 24:28 -- Special message from an Artemis ambassador based in TN! MARY LYNN! 27:54 -- Special message from an Artemis ambassador based in Oklahoma! 30:22 -- Special message from Marcia – YES, that Marcia!!! 32:52 – Ashley talks about having a baby and working and being mom and all the good things! 36:07 -- Special message from an Artemis ambassador based in Florida! 44:38 -- Special message from a duck hunter extraordinaire! 46:08 -- Special message from an Artemis ambassador based in New York!! 48:01 -- Special message from an(other) Artemis ambassador based in Tennessee!   50:27 – Ashley shares a conservation tid-bit. 54:41 -- Special message from an Artemis ambassador based in Ohio! 57:20 – Closing from Ashley… Ashley, we love you! Thank you so much for everything you’ve done for our community and wildlife.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ashley Peters works at both The Ruffed Grouse Society and The American Woodcock Society -- groups that aim to preserve upland bird habitat across the country. Members of both groups are heavy on sporting tradition (cue the bird dog talk), and part of Ashley's job is to build bridges outside that arena. On this episode we talk about forest health, disturbance, people management, and the future of our forests.   We have a giveaway going for the month of November! It's from Prois, and we're giving away a full outfit -- a Trial Pack, Torai Pants, Torai Jacket, Cap, AND a Tintri 2.0 shirt!! Check out the Artemis Instagram or Facebook feeds for all the details on how to enter.   4:00 Crop-share/produce share arrangements 6:00 Combining fish/game with what's in season around us (even acorns) 9:00 Connect with Ashley @grouse.lady, or listen to her previous episode of the Artemis podcast 12:00 When do adult-onset hunters finally identify as just "hunters"... ? 14:00 The culture of sporting dogs is a source of camaraderie among grouse conservationists 15:00 The crop: A peek into what your grouse has been eating 19:00 Bird digestion 101: Sooo... what's the point of the crop?  25:00 Grouse rely on a mosaic of different forest types to hack it year round 28:00 Disturbance (logging, Rx fire) can be a boon to long-term forest health 32:00 It's more difficult to restore a species that's gone from a landscape than it is to prevent its demise 38:00 Conservation best practices are always changing, but how well we talk to each other will always be paramount 43:00 "Wildlife management is people management" 45:00 The Women's Forest Congress 49:00 All of us influence the future of our forests 53:00 Bird dogs make our forays into the forests more colorful 59:00 Pudelpointers as bird/family/companion dogs... zeroing in on your breed? Try a NAVHDA hunt test 1:05 Her Upland Grouse Camp 1:08 Upland hunting might be the most baby friendly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week... hide tanning! Charlotte Sykes is a hunter from England who started keeping all her game hides the same year her husband decided he'd eat only game meat. Charlotte's journey has fledged into a business, Buckskyn, where she sells goods made from the hides she tans herself. Join us this week for a chat on how to get into hide tanning, an overview of the at-home process - plus springer spaniels, salt-marsh lamb, and more. 3:00 "Salt-marsh bred lamb"... the most delicious? 5:00 Kale, cabbages & brassicas all winter long 8:00 English springer spaniels on either side of the Atlantic 11:00 The year we only ate game 14:00 Learning curve of tanning hides 17:00 The play-by-play of hide tanning, starting with post-harvest 19:00 "You've got to be quite happy to put a bit of grunt behind it." 22:00 Meat prep room in your next house, anyone? 24:00 Can you sub anything for the tedious task of working a hide over a fleshing beam? Enter... YOUTUBE. (Spoiler: It's a pressure washer.) 27:00 Pickling stage 30:00 A non-traditional use for a sander! 31:00 One hide = three weeks start to finish 33:00 Traditional tanning vs commercial tanning products 35:00 Buckskyn - Charlotte's deerskin/hide accessory business, where each product comes with a hunting/harvest story 37:00 The ABCs of sewing with hides 40:00 Fleshing rabbits 44:00 Navigating the bullet hole 50:00 First trout! 52:00 Find Buckskyn on Insta; or online at Buckskyn.com 53:00 Artemis blog post, "What About the Hide?" 54:00 Matt Richards book on hide tanning: The Ultimate Guide to Skinning and Tanning 58:00 Artemis 'Go Confident' as an Advocate -- another program off the ground, which is off to a hot start 1:00:00 Past life: living in an Airstream by the river Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For Tina Dokken, hunting started with a chocolate lab. She was determined to be the best fur-parent she could be, and took her dog all over. She met her husband at a dog festival, and that's when her journey into sporting started in earnest. Tina is a gifted teacher -- both in person and over her YouTube Channel, Tina DokkenUnleashed. She talks about how learning is a mindset, and being curious and willing is the path to an adventurous life with your animals.   3:00 Tina's Mexican pheasant recipe 5:30 Getting your chocolate lab into hunting  6:00 GameFair festival (like a state fair for dogs... also a place to find a husband!)  9:00 The freeze-thaw longevity of a single duck used for scent training 13:00 Being a great learner carries over to being a great teacher 15:00 Visual vs. verbal learning 18:00 When your dog chooses your husband 21:00 Learning from people who aren't your spouse/partner 23:00 Eye dominance 25:00 Shooting stance 30:00 Developing a mount technique  34:00 Progressing to other shots (and clays vs. real-life hunting) 36:00 Franchi shotguns and short-stock guns 41:00 Bridging the dog work with hunting 46:00 Hunting by yourself means following your dog (versus the others in your party) 49:00 Trusting your dog 53:00 Pheasant tricks 55:00 Hunting quietly with dogs 56:00 Snare-prepared... "you never know" 58:00 Gun safety... it's a journey, and you never stop improving; show off your empty barrel 1:00 "Tina Dokken Unleashed" YouTube channel 1:05 Archery hunting with a baby -- balancing that counterweight on your back as you draw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Ashley and Mandela as they interview Carlee, the new Artemis Program Manager, and delve into details of her career, education, and path to becoming part of the Artemis Team. AND…our 2023 Ambassador Applications are open until March 13th, 2023. Apply Here! A program of the National Wildlife Federation, Artemis seeks build a community of bold sportswomen who can articulate conservation issues to their legislators as well as skin a deer. Check out Artemis events in-person and online and connect with extraordinary sportswomen in your state.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Madi Shaheen literally helps bring trout into school classrooms. She's a science educator with a non-profit learning center in Colorado that serves underprivileged communities in the greater Denver area. Bringing kids into the outdoors (and bringing the outdoors to kids) has been a priceless way to connect Madi's background in teaching with her personal love for the outdoors. Plus... calling all adults: Have you ever had that moment where you're burnt out on your career and wondering what to do next? Crossroads... dead ahead.    3:00 In a busy outdoors, finding your secret spots and holding them tight 4:00 A fork in life's road: Do you keep a job you're burnt out on, or forge a new path? 7:00 Let's hear it for educators! You get those amazing school breaks, but it's a very demanding job. 10:00 Lincoln Hills Cares 13:00 Bringing place-based science/outdoor ed to underprivileged communities 15:00 Trout in the Classroom curriculum 17:00 Teaching kids HOW to fish versus taking them fishing once 18:00 Lady Anglers Fishing 101 23:00 Turning the classroom into a trout hatchery 26:00 That internal revelation... 'wait, maybe I am a science person' 31:00 Hands-on inquiry is different than classroom-based learning 36:00 Organic growth takes time; Good programs catch on, and the buy-in of a few enthusiastic teachers helps tremendously 39:00 Having multiple aspects of your life combine into a single professional role 42:00 When your job nudges you toward something like fly-fishing, how far do you dive in? 43:00 Tenkara rods 50:00 Fishing: it helps to feel content in one place 53:00 That moment as an educator when the learning feels electric 54:00 Maroinvertebrates and microscope views... mind-blowing!  59:00 Why do mushrooms sometimes feel different than other foraged foods? Learning something new! "The fear level can be tricky and the consequences dire." 1:02 Experimenting with bear meat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're taking a one-week break from the Artemis Leadership Series to talk with Sara Parker Pauley, the director of Missouri's Department of Conservation. Like many state agency leaders, Sara is gearing up in the hopes that Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA) is passed into law. RAWA funding is earmarked specifically for species of special concern, aimed at preventing the kind of decline that might land a species on the Endangered Species List. Stay tuned for details on Artemis's "Conservation & Cocktails" event, where you can add your voice to the mix in helping RAWA coming to fruition. 2:00 Artemis Wisconsin IN DA HOUUUUSE!  4:00 Spring bounty: Turkeys and morels 5:00 Sara is the director of the Missouri Department of Conservation, formerly the director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, and past President of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 8:00 We all want to work for the kind of leaders who appreciate their teams 10:00 How do agencies draft their wildlife conservation plans/priorities? 12:00 States have identified over 12,000 species in conservation need 13:00 Endangered Species Act, what happens when a species gets "listed" 15:00 The point of the Recovering America's Wildlife Act is to keep species off the Endangered Species List -- to conserve and recover them before they're severely imperiled 17:00 How does revenue from sporting get allocated to conservation? 18:00 Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program  20:00 In some states, sales taxes can also contribute to conservation funding 21:00 Federal duck stamp program = an example of the power of dedicated habitat funding for waterfowl recovery 28:00 RAWA's model: Federal money with a state match; Projects to focus on habitat preservation/restoration; Cost-share projects on private lands; Expanding recreation opportunities -- any projects that tie back to the state's wildlife action plan and protecting species of concern 34:00 RAWA aims to fully fund state wildlife projects that aim to recover imperiled species 36:00 In a state like Missouri that's more than 90% private, you need more workers reaching out to landowners to execute desired habitat projects 38:00 "Are you RAWA-ready?" vs. "We'll believe it when we see it." 40:00 States that are RAWA-ready stand to use their funds more quickly 44:00 Hunters/anglers have traditionally paid for conservation, but more resources are needed 49:00 Leadership tactics when you're at the top 52:00 Don't miss our episode with Dr. Wini Kessler, the first woman to receive professional membership with the Boone and Crockett Club 54:00 "Antifragile: Things that gain from disorder" by Nassim Taleb 57:00 Take Action on RAWA 58:00 Forthcoming: "Artemis' Conservation & Cocktails" events to write/rally to support RAWA as it nears fruition. Or email us at artemis@nwf.org for more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kate Ahnstrom is a falconer, a bird-hunter, an avid wing-shooter, and an instructor for wing-shooting and sporting clays. She's also an amazing instructor who asks you about you and tailors her shooting lesson to what you have going on -- whether it's your gun-fit, your headspace, or something else. How many of us muddle along in something like bird hunting or wing-shooting without ever receiving instruction? Kate gives us a couple hot tips anyone can put to use. 2:00 Who has a freezer full of rats? #falconers 3:00 Falconry is a major lifestyle undertaking 4:00 Faces looking at you from the freezer  6:00 Redtail hawks have a very low recruitment rate in the wild 8:00 Obtaining a bird for falconry; trapping falcons vs hawks 11:00 Raptor poop details: muting vs slicing 12:30 Goshawks 15:00 The "Winged Wisdom" podcast. Listen here! 16:00 Virginia Shooting Sports - a school for sporting clays and wing shooting 18:00 Demographics of sport shooting: it errs on the side of older, white, men… 22:00 When 20-somethings tell you, "You need to up your social media game" 24:00 The meandering path of an outdoorswoman, then... CLAYS!  26:00 "I could not eat, breathe, and just sleep enough about clays and wing-shooting." 28:00 From clays only to live animals... it's a huge transition 31:00 Becoming an instructor/teacher of the things you love; Being a leader and a sharer 37:00 Three hot tips: 1) Stop looking at the gun, 2) Stop looking at your muzzle so much, and 3) Know what the bird is doing in front of you 38:00 "One inch of movement with two foot of steel at the end of your nose equates to an 8-foot swing out at 30 yards." (Translate: Birds can't outrun you... but they can best you.) 39:00 Gun fit and patterning... it matters  42:00 Being "cross-dominant" is to have a dominant eye that's different from your dominant hand... and, the fix 48:00 Ashley's shooting book rec: "Core Archery: Shooting with Proper Back Tension" by Larry Wise 50:00 You're never too experienced to benefit from a class with a great instructor 52:00 Find a Paragon instructor near you at ParagonSchool.com 56:00 #havegunswilltravel 57:00 VirginiaShootingSports.com, also on Facebook @VirginiaShootingSports and Instagram @vashootingsports 59:00 Why have 1-2 bird dogs when you could have 5-6? 1:01 Chukar problems 1:02 July 14, 16, and 19 - Artemis Advocacy Training: Register here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we do a deep-dive into the latest avian flu outbreak with Dr. Jennifer Ramsey, the state wildlife veterinarian for Montana. The latest outbreak was notable for its severity and the breadth of species it reached -- from waterfowl to raptors to turkeys. Dr. Ramsay said they would sometimes even find an entire nest, adults and fledglings, that had succumbed to the virus. Plus: Going from a traditional veterinary practice to wildlife veterinary medicine; ornery moose, and what biologists are watching for during the fall migration. 2:00 A peek inside a scientist's work freezer 5:00 Wildlife CSI 6:00 Marcia's stuffed zucchini recipe 10:00 Regular veterinary medicine to wildlife veterinary medicine 15:00 Avian influenza + wildlife... not all influenzas are created equal 17:00 The current avian flu is hitting snow and Canada geese especially hard; raptors are also struggling 20:00 Transmission by nasal secretions, saliva, feces (...but how did the turkeys get it!?) 21:00 Avian flu symptoms in birds 22:00 So... can you eat them? 25:00 Seeing an entire nest of raptors (adults + chicks) succumbed to avian flu 27:00 Proximity to people influences the degree to which birds are tested/detected 29:00 The role of the public in avian flu detection 34:00 Communicating a wildlife pandemic with the public  40:00 The timing of migrations and avian flu outbreak 42:00 Transmission between domestic and wild birds 49:00 Mortality in bad bird flu outbreaks can be severe 52:00 Darting an ornery moose at a campground 56:00 Darted animals... you're safe with us!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Angie Scott is a committed bass fisherwoman, and she's a fellow podcaster! "The Woman Angler and Adventurer" shares stories of women in the fishing world. Angie tells us how she got into bass fishing, the excitement of the quarry, and the lifestyle that comes when you're willing to schlep a truck camper and a boat to different lakes and geographies of the Southern U.S. It's a passion and a lifestyle, and we're stoked that Angie shared her story with us. 1:30 Babies on boats 4:00 Angie Scott's podcast, "The Woman Angler and Adventurer". Check out this episode with Marcia and Artemis co-founder Kara Armano 5:00 Moving to Nashville for the music business, getting a foot in the door, and then finding one's way to the fishing world 7:00 Getting hooked on bass; Joining the local Bassmasters club 8:00 Fishing as a team in a bass tournament -- it opens doors to learning from others 8:30 Lady Bass Anglers Association 12:00 School-centric fishing teams 13:00 "I thought... 'Hmm, maybe I could start a podcast about fishing." #podcastgenesisstories 16:00 TheWomanAngler.com - 200+ episodes with the all kinds of women in the fishing industry (pssst... start with the most recent episode with Captain Betty Stahl 20:00 Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF... it's the best acronym ever) 21:00 Live programming (ah!) + a series for complete beginners 23:00 The longer you spend on the water, the better you figure out what works best for you 24:00 Catching a bass on a fly line?! Plus, conventional anglers fishing alongside fly anglers 27:00 Bass fishing with a senko set-up  31:00 Tips for targeting bass 33:00 Co-angling vs. pro-angling (and the big picture view of bass tournaments) 38:00 Practice fishing for tournaments 40:00 Dynamics of hunting/fishing solo versus going in a group 41:00 Deterring anglers from your elbow space on riverside fishing (will a crying baby help?) 44:00 Nickajack Lake's moment in cultural history  48:00 A fisherwoman's seasonal life in Florida + peacock bass 55:00 Bass Tactics isn't over yet! The final session is on June 14. Register here!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Traditional bowhunter Beka Garris joins Artemis this week to talk about what it's like bowhunting with a baby. Yes... literally WITH a small child. Beka tells us about harvesting two deer (and a squirrel) alongside her daughter. She also talks about traditional bowhunting, the skills involved, and how your experience in the outdoors changes when you have a little one in tow. This week's episode is brought to you by Isle Royale Outfitters, a women-specific hunting and apparel company. Check them out online, and use code Artemis20 for a 20% discount at check-out. 2:00 Tiny human podcast crashers... #momlife 3:00 The switch from bowhunting to traditional bowhunting... the trad bow range is more like Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Artemis Program Manager Annita Lucchesi and Artemis Coordinator Paige McMahon as they explore a pioneering conservation initiative: an all-women's hunting lease in Tennessee, managed by Artemis. Guests Ashley Chance and Mary Lynn share the story behind the lease, discussing the difficulties women face accessing hunting land, especially in the Southeast. They highlight how this project provides a safe community, builds confidence, and uniquely empowers women by teaching practical land management skills—from running equipment to planning prescribed burns—fostering a deeper connection to conservation and creating potential leaders in the outdoors. As sportswomen, we don’t fit into any box or stereotype but enjoy being our full, authentic selves. There is no one definition of a sportswoman – Artemis celebrates the million ways to be one, and uplifts sportswomen as unique leaders of the sporting world and conservation. We are a nationwide community reflecting the diversity, leadership, expertise, and sisterhood of women hunters and anglers. Artemis sportswomen encourage one another in their growth and success as hunters and anglers, and role model women’s leadership in caring for the lands and waters we harvest from and know so well. Join us in our work to elevate sportswomen as sporting and conservation leaders today! Learn more: https://artemis.nwf.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we 'pick' the brain of morel expert Kristen Blizzard (see what we did there? 'Pick' the brain? Har, har.) Kristen and her husband run ModernForager.com, an online resource for foragers across the country. Kristen tells us about everyone's favorite -- the morel -- plus other mushrooms you can easily add to your repertoire with a little extra know-how. We also discuss how to harvest for success in the kitchen. The culinary possibilities are endless! 3:40 - Harvesting arnica when the mushrooms aren't in 5:00 - Kristen and Trent Blizzard run ModernForager.com 9:40 - Mushrooms totally have a terroir, a sense of flavor imparted by the place they were harvested. It's simply lovely. 12:30 - What apple is to tree, mushroom is to mycelium. The mycelial network is everywhere! Under every forest floor. They're tree-like.  14:30 - "The Wood-Wide Web" – check it out https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/04/the-wood-wide-web/478224/; https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/from-tree-to-shining-tree 21:00 - Morel hunting wonderfully overlaps with spring bear season. Wild mushrooms complement wild game so beautifully. 23:00 - Adding a new mushroom to your foraging repertoire is a big deal! On posting a mushroom pic to an online forum, and having multiple different (very confident) answers on what it is 24:00 - Coral mushrooms are very hard to tell apart. Some cause gastric upset, others are fine. (Corals = mushroom jerky) 26:00 - Safe foraging is like any hobby: The more you do it, the better you get. Don't eat random mushrooms. Work on your ID skills 28:00 - People from Michigan = Michiganders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tia Shoemaker is a second-generation Alaskan who grew up at her family's remote hunting and fishing lodge in the Becharof National Wildlife Refuge. You might remember her from Artemis's episode on Traverse Mag, but today Tia comes to us from the NWF Outdoors podcast, where she talks about what it's like to see climate change on the front lines. The changes are very real, and alarming. Even Shoemaker's long-time fishing clients are noticing.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mina Campbell joins us from the Labrador region of Newfoundland. She lives in a small town where seal hunting season is a community endeavor. Mina tells us about what it's like to hunt and harvest seals, the cultural dimensions of the hunt, and how lake ice makes or breaks the season. Plus, she tells us how to make an ulu and how a traditional harpoon works.    1:00 An enviable #freezerselfie - ptarmigan, grouse, salmon, moose, trout, beaver 2:00 Life in a small community in the Newfoundland 3:00 Baked beaver tail 5:00 Growing up in a family & culture of hunting/foraging/trapping for subsistence 6:30 "My ancestors from time immemorial came from here -- and I think now, at my age, I will always be here." 8:00 A tradition of sharing harvests 9:00 Seal hunting - ecology, ice conditions, where to look, seasonality 11:00 Harpoon vs. rifle / How a harpoon works 14:00 Cleaning seal skins with an ulu & making boots from them 16:00 Ice conditions make or break spring seal season; Freeze-up in the fall can tell you a lot about spring ice conditions 19:00 Processing seal skins [19:00 I love it when Mina says, 'You know... an ulu? You must've seen them... even down there." This made me lol. I have 2 cherished ones that sit in a kitchen drawer. I need to start using them more] 23:00 Making an ulu (plural: uluit) 33:00 A year of seasonal harvest in Labrador 37:00 Abrupt decline in the George River caribou herd 38:00 "It's not only about the [seal] hunt... it's a communal gathering out on this big lake" 40:00 Skills, etiquette, and other values that pass person-to-person during a hunt 42:00 When hunts involve people of all ages 43:00 Waterfowl hunting in the far north Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Long-time Artemis host and friend of the podcast Ashley Chance returns this week to talk about upland birds. As the new hunting heritage program manager at Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever, Ashley is working to conserve upland bird habitat and recruit and retain new hunters. She introduces us to a new film series called How to Hunt Upland Birds, and also tells us about the Hunter Mentor pledge, which has some sweet prizes attached to it this year. (Pssst... want more bird stuff? Check out past episodes with the grouse lady, Ashley Peters, and an episode on bobwhite quail with Brittney Viers.) 2:00 Wingshooting in wild weather - an Artemis event goes on undeterred 6:00 New town, new job, new childcare... but same passions 8:00 Deerhide in the freezer = endless possibilities 10:00 Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever - working to put more birds on the ground through habitat conservation 11:00 Minority Outdoor Alliance 14:00 Getting into upland bird hunting behind a dog named Rocky in high school 17:00 Road trip adventures with a bird dog buddy (in this case, a pudelpointer nicknamed Leo) 20:00 Registered dog names that make a statement 23:00 The thrill of finding quail in unlikely places 25:00 Steep decline in quail habitat with the rise of mechanization in agriculture 30:00 Development and suburban sprawl is a huge threat to upland bird habitat 32:00 How to Hunt Upland Birds course, like 'upland bird hunting for Netflix,' filmed and produced by Modern Carnivore 39:00 The video series portrays a variety of hunters, hunting cultures, and birds 41:00 Hunting with babies and kids - do what works for you 44:00 "Approaching hunting in the way that felt right for me was a revelation that's been valuable moving forward." 47:00 From the Artemis archives on hunting while pregnant and/or with kids: Motherhood and Traditional Bow Hunting with Beka Garris; Melody Haege on Traditional Bow Hunting with Kids; and Hunting While Pregnant with Emily Ledergerber and Kyla West 49:00 Access is a big barrier for new hunters (or new-to-a-place hunters), especially in states with lots of private land 51:00 "What if there was a lease that was all women? That would be cool" - introducing the private hunting lease in Tennessee that Ashley worked on and secured (with A LOT of sheer tenacity and letter-writing) 55:00 Food plots vs. baiting 59:00 Consider taking the Hunter Mentor Pledge at Pheasants Forever - take a new hunter in the field, snap a pic, and be entered to win a guided upland bird hunt for two Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beth Johnson has 15 chest freezers, 2 walk-in coolers, and 3 added walk-in freezers. Johnson's taxidermy shop is predominantly women, and they specialize in hunting mounts of all kinds (from bison to zebras), and doing the odd job for Hollywood here and there. This week we hear from a taxidermist with 35 years of experience on how you can best ready your harvest to be mounted by a taxidermist. Don't forget to take the Artemis podcast listener survey for a chance to win a $100 gift card to Isle Royale Outfitters.   2:00 We've got some serious freezer real estate on hand 3:00 Hollywood's need for taxidermy (those roadkill items you see in movies aren't fresh carcasses) 4:00 Doing a taxidermy job out of someone's favorite mule #foreverfriend 5:00 Getting your science degree, becoming a teacher... then realizing your path is elsewhere 7:30 A predominantly female taxidermy shop 9:00 How you take care of an animal before bringing it to a taxidermist influences the quality of the final mount 10:00 That duck whose feathers got blown off? Maybe not the keeper to mount 12:00 The "pantyhose" trick for keeping feathers flush and lifelike on bird mounts 14:00 The scoop on freezer temps 17:00 Odds are you don't gut/skin the same way a taxidermist does; Tips for getting your quarry from the field and into the taxidermy shop 19:00 Multi-species displays... it's a dream job where science and artistry blend 23:00 Plant/vegetative elements in displays 26:00 Turn-around times 34:00 Comparing mounts from the '60s versus present day - the forms are completely different 37:00 Prepping a hide for tanning 40:00 Yep, you can get the hide of a favorite dog tanned up for your couch 43:00 Salting a hide properly (birds included!) 48:00 Taxidermist vs. catfish 51:00 Embracing trial and error 53:00 Recreating illegal-to-harvest species like eagle and owls using chicken/goose feathers 54:00 A drawer of chicken feathers also comes in handy when Hollywood needs a parrot doing a specific thing 55:00 Feather, Finn and Fur Taxidermy & Red Barn Processing (and Atlanta Poultry Processing for all things chicken)  56:00 "I just can't sleep fast enough to get back to work"... when you love what you do Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bailey Petersen helps facilitate Minnesota's woodcock banding program, which enlists the help of volunteer dog handlers. Dogs have to pass a control test before they're approved to join. We talk about steadiness in a bird dog, protective vests, and breeds - from Münsterländers to Llewellin setters. Plus: Grouse hunting in Minnesota... what to look for and what differentiates grouse habitat from woodcock habitat. 1:30 A little woodcock 'splash' for your sniffing pleasure, everyone 3:30 Harvesting wild rice... it involves a 'ricing buddy', a canoe, and tools called 'knockers' 7:00 Agencies working hand-in-hand with non-profits on habitat restoration 10:00 When a professional interest in healthy lakes leads you to appreciate waterfowl in a new way 11:00 Small Münsterländer; Llewellin Setter 13:00 Finding 'your' dog breed 15:00 Skijoring with your dogs 22:00 Minnesota's woodcock banding program 24:00 Recruiting new human/dog woodcock-banding teams 28:00 Testing dogs: It's about steadiness and control 32:00 The 2-week banding season overlaps with hatching 34:00 Finding a nest is an exercise in extreme caution 38:00 Steadiness training... start with "whoa," then add a temptation 43:00 Band return rates on woodcock are 11%, which isn't too bad 45:00 "If you have a cooperative dog, then it's really just an exercise of repetition." 46:00 Grouse hunting Minnesota, a pep talk  47:00 Hunter walking trails on OnX 50:00 Woodcock cover vs. grouse cover... "It becomes grouse cover after it's been prime woodcock cover." 52:00 For grouse, look for fruiting shrubs (chokecherries, highbush cranberries, hazel, birch) 58:00 Protective dog vests 1:05 Seeds embedded in dogs... #problems Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the third installment of our climate series, Artemis travels to Florida with Lindsay Cross. Water quality is at the nexus of healthy ecosystems in Florida, and in years where there's high run-off or water pollution you see sea grasses dying off, which leads to manatees dying off, and a whole suite of cascading effects. Plus, Lindsay tells us about her decision to run for a seat in the Florida House. 4:00 How many people are experiencing atypical weather for the season? 9:00 Choosing a university based on a function of program quality and ski-slope proximity 12:00 Salt barren - it's a place that's dry most of the time, apart from the occasional influx of tidal water; the plant/animals that thrive in salt terns are remarkably unique 13:00 Carbon Reducing Anaerobic Processes... or CRAP 15:00 Weedon Island Preserve paddling trails 16:00 Mangrove tunnels (plus, mangrove crabs) 20:00 Getting people fired up on a natural place by staging a 5K through it, and using the proceeds to fund field trips there 24:00 Water quality & pollution issues in a water-rich ecosystem; The consequences are seagrass die-off, which leads to manatee mortality and other consequences 29:00 Fertilizer ordinances in the rainy season to stymie the run-off that fuels algal blooms; It's easier to prevent pollution than to remediate it 32:00 Nobody wants to see a manatee die - but do these die-off events of beloved animals sometimes spur us into action? 36:00 Human habitation of Florida relies on properly functioning ecology, especially with hurricane resistance 37:00 Sea grasses as carbon sinks  45:00 A voter-led effort to restore funding for the acquisition of lands for preservation 47:00 "People don't take action on things until they feel an emotional connection" 51:00 Running for state House office (!!) & the value of scientists in public office 54:00 Redefining/discussing some of the barriers to women in leadership roles... "One way I've been fortunate is that I've had some really phenomenal female bosses." 1:00 The more people who we get to experience wild places, the more we pave the way for transformational change 1:01 David Sobel: "You have to teach someone to love something before you can ask them to save it"  1:02 Florida scrub jay, an endemic species  1:05 Hunter and Angler's Guide to Climate Change 1:06 Join the Artemis community -- we have a Facebook group. If Artemis has meant something to you, please consider sharing it with a friend or making a donation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does it mean to be a conservation advocate? It's different for every person. This week, Artemis ambassador Anne Jolliff talks about what she's learned over the past year about how to best advocate for wild spaces. She shares her "why" and her "how," and more on how it's going. 00:20 Artemis 101 and advocacy 1:00 "Go Confident as an Advocate" program 3:00 Ladies and gentlemen... we are hearing from a mother of 5-year-old triplets 6:00 Why be a conservation advocate?  8:00 First thing: What's holding you back? 10:00 The first time you speak up for something you believe in 13:00 Writing an op-ed, testifying at a hearing, sharing what you know with others 15:00 Preconceptions about what it means to "be an advocate" 16:00 "I'm not here to be the magic bullet that changes everyone's minds and pivots this whole discussion, as much as I would like it to... but I am going to show up." 21:00 When was the last time you changed your mind?  23:00 Wear fancy dresses in the dirt, ya'll 28:00 Start by watching... hearings, the political process, everything. Follow the groups that fit your beliefs. Engage. Reach out. Talk to people. 33:00 Don't be afraid to fail... failure is integral to how you learn this kind of thing 37:00 Ethos, logos, pathos 39:00 Bear! Right there! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Artemis is doing a deep-dive into climate science. In our opening episode we talk with Maddison Easley, a California biologist who straddles the divide between the conservation world and agency life. Much of Maddison's work is aimed at rangeland conservation. We talk about how birds, vegetation and soils are all indicators of ecosystem health - and what's changing with grasslands as the climate changes. 4:00 Point Blue Conservation Science 5:00 Growing up a rancher, becoming a biologist, returning to the ranch 7:00 Alaska caribou hunt & helping a nephew harvest his first turkey for Thanksgiving dinner 10:00 Caribou... the move FAST + a first-timer's take on a new species 14:00 #gohunterhippies 15:00 Rangeland Monitoring Network -  "The primary goal is to preserve the ecological value of rangelands"  17:00 Birds, soil, vegetation... all indicators of ecosystem health 20:00 Soil carbon monitoring 22:00 About half of California is rangeland, and about half of those lands are privately owned 23:00 Grazing management tactics to put more carbon in the soil 25:00 Carbon sequestration 101 29:00 Not all soils are created equal for sequestration + ecological site descriptions 31:00 Drought affects carbon sequestration in soil 35:00 Co-operating with private landowners 36:00 EQIP program - Environmental Quality Incentive Program; California Department of Ag Healthy Soils program 41:00 Birds as an indicator species 43:00 White-breasted nuthatch 44:00 Changes in the last decade; wetland and grassland birds in decline 50:00 Tips to minimize the spread of invasive species... "Humans are the primary vector of invasive species" 56:00 Eradication isn't a reality for many invasive species... "but we can reduce the frequency and abundance in places, and increase diversity" 57:00 North American Grasslands Act - modeled after the North American Wetlands Conservation Act to conserve grasslands  1:02 Citizen science through apps like iNaturalist and eBird contributes to the massive data sets increasingly useful to scientists  1:08 Join the Artemis community -- we have a Facebook group, a killer book club, and programs/events for female hunters. If Artemis has meant something to you, please consider sharing it with a friend or making a donation.   1:09 The Hunter and Angler's Guide to Climate Change Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah Tingey is one of the brains behind a small packrafting company called Alpacka Raft. It started as a basement type of operation, fueled by adventures in the Far North, including time spent in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Sarah tells us about her experiences on that incomparable landscape, plus what it's like to travel there with a small child (on a 10-day packrafting trip, of course). Taking kids into the backcountry isn't all puppies and unicorns, but it can be hugely rewarding when we do make the effort. 4:00 Career life at a small outdoor products company like Aplacka Rafts (you're a jill of all trades) 6:30 Packrafts - they started as a means for water travel in the deep backcountry, like -- say -- a 700-mile trip across Alaska's Brooks Range 9:00 From a basement sewing machine operation to a company that employs 45 people 10:00 "Design by Sheri" - a staple of the Warren Miller ski days, also what would be the skill base for a packraft company 14:00 Sheep hunting; New Mexico elk hunting 21:00 Visiting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and suddenly feeling like all those discussions about oil development weren't very abstract anymore 25:00 Check out a map of where ANWR is 26:00 Efforts to conserve ANWR predate Alaska's statehood 28:00 Would you rather visit a place called a 'petroleum reserve' or a 'wildlife refuge'? 30:00 Taking a BABY rafting on a 10-day trip in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (flash floods, weather delays, hustle hustle hustle) 33:00 Risk judgement when conditions change (leave the stress out of it) 36:00 Carrying a baby in the backcountry; hunting with a baby (or not) 42:00 Growing up in a hunting family, but not ever going along 43:00 Sharing the burden of all the extra energy that goes along with taking a kid outside 47:00 Taking kids into the wild isn't all unicorns and ponies 51:00 Catch the Emily Ledergerber episode on Hunting While Pregnant 53:00 An 185-mile overland trip over several drainages in Alaska, and getting to see a pristine salmon run 56:00 "The 'potted plant' phase [of babyhood]... soak it up." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Artemis Program Manager Annita Lucchesi as she speaks with Deleana Otherbull, a Northern Cheyenne and Crow climate justice leader, angler, and hunter living on a floating home on the Columbia River. In this episode, Deleana discusses what wellness practices look like for women in conservation, how conservation work can be healing, and why the conservation world benefits from Indigenous women’s leadership.  As sportswomen, we don’t fit into any box or stereotype but enjoy being our full, authentic selves. There is no one definition of a sportswoman – Artemis celebrates the million ways to be one, and uplifts sportswomen as unique leaders of the sporting world and conservation. We are a nationwide community reflecting the diversity, leadership, expertise, and sisterhood of women hunters and anglers. Artemis sportswomen encourage one another in their growth and success as hunters and anglers, and role model women’s leadership in caring for the lands and waters we harvest from and know so well. Join us in our work to elevate sportswomen as sporting and conservation leaders today! Learn more: https://artemis.nwf.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christina McAntire got hunting-curious around the same time she became a parent. The first time she shot a squirrel, Christina couldn't bring herself to touch it. She ended up flagging down another squirrel hunter and asking if he wanted her harvest (because, you know, you have to touch it to be able to take it home). Since then, a switch has flipped and Christina has been hunting turkey, rabbit, squirrel, and even iguanas in Florida. She's been able to make time to hunt, even as time is precious on the home front. Having a great mentor has helped Christina's journey along immensely. 4:00 Growing up around hunting without being a part of it 5:00 For a lot of us, Covid helped us take stock of our values 6:00 Going on a first hunt and becoming obsessed... like, watching-YouTube-at-night obsessed 9:00 Pssst... did you catch the South Carolina rabbit hunt with Mary Lynn? Mud baths, bull fights, dog antics... all the fun 11:00 Dead animals... more scary than live animals! 13:00 The universe sends a signal in the form of a run-away squirrel dog 14:00 "I know this is going to sound crazy... but I killed a squirrel and it's my first one, and I can't pick it up." (Tell me you need a mentor without telling me you need a mentor.) 18:00 Artemis also had a turkey camp in South Carolina - be sure to listen to the episode if you missed it! 19:00 Iguana hunting in Florida (yep, you eat them) 23:00 #iguanaproblems 28:00 The satisfaction of being a mentor 29:00 Getting into hunting when you have small children... it's HARD making the time; Eventually you hope to bring them with you in the field 34:00 Knowing your "why" when it comes to hunting 38:00 The enthusiasm is contagious in group hunts 42:00 Fellowship and community... "it's just something I connect with" 43:00 Mary's "Dog Days" event is on the horizon will feature multiple breeds of sporting dogs -- duck dogs, rabbit dogs, coon dogs, etc 47:00 Fixer-upper OR baby... but not both 49:00 Can we get a round of applause for our mentors in the sporting world? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"I thought you said this was food?" Shannon Waters found herself asking that question after someone made her an MRE in the backcountry. Shannon had been to culinary school and worked in fine dining for much of her adult life.  As a hunter herself, she felt active people needed better in the field, and she was the right person to do it. Gastro Gnome was born. The Bozeman-based business has a storefront, a warm community of outdoorspeople, and many (MANY) gnomes.  2:00 Odd Fellows Bakery in Salmon, ID #gemsofthewest  3:00 "If you're not picking up rocks when you're hunting, I don't really know what you're doing." 8:00 Life story: economics + culinary school + brewery management + higher ed somehow all led to Gastro Gnome, upscale MREs for anywhere in the outdoors 13:00 Gourmet food in the wilderness is a creature comfort worth exploring - that value led to Gastro Gnome 14:00 Eating an MRE someone packed for you and feeling let down... "I thought you said this was food." 19:00 Going to Thailand to KNOW the curry-making process (pssst... it involves toasting) 20:00 Dehydrated Meals 101 21:00 Every ingredient has its own water content, which means they freeze dry differently 22:00 Gastro Gnome's Freeze-Dry 101 26:00 On the storefront in Bozeman... "People bring us a lot of gnomes" + the people-to-people vibes 33:00 Pack twice as much food as you need in the backcountry 36:00 The chemicals behind the scientifically long shelf life 40:00 @gastrognomemeals 45:00 Hunting in a team & collaborative decision-making 50:00 When you ask a friend, "Should I take this shot?" and they nod and go, "Don't worry, if it's down we'll get it out." #friendgoals 52:00 "Country Matters" by Michael Korda 55:00 "I shouldn't be doing anything else except exactly what I'm doing." 59:00 Hunting a new place with new people #winning 1:01 Tips for using bear fat in sausage 1:02 The Artemis Book Club is back! The seasonal read right now is "Flight Behavior" by Barbara Kingsolver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you experienced the Artemis Tactics courses yet? We're letting you in on last year's Fly-Fishing Tactics webinar for FREE. If you like what you hear, join us for Bass Tactics. The final webinar is on June 14, and you can register online for as little as $5. Artemis brings you experts from the field... and if you join a Tactics course, you have access to a special Slack channel with other participants, Q&A time with the experts, and more (schwag boxes, everyone!). Keep an eye out for Whitetail Tactics this fall.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Texas hunter Hannah Marcom took up hunting with a bow before she ever reached for a firearm. She tells us about that journey in addition to the public-facing work she does in the hunting industry through her Instagram page, @Hannah.The.Plus.Size.Hunter. We talk about choosing gear for function over aesthetics, sweaty sports bras, and garden bounty galore. Plus, when you're from Texas and you tell someone you have "ground hog" in your freezer... sometimes they mistakenly think you mean groundhogs.  4:00 Texas wild hogs! Or "pigs" in Texas-speak... perennial freezer-fodder in the Lone Star State 6:00 "No matter what hunt I'm on... if I see a pig, it becomes a pig hunt." It's an invasive/abundant species 10:00 Two adult-onset hunters venture into bow-hunting 15:00 Even on non-harvest days in the field... you have the best seat for nature-watching. Plus, working up to your first harvest, step-by-step 18:00 What nudges some of us toward bows over guns? 22:00 Using the red light option on your headlamp heading to the tree stand (and sometimes finding an unexpected set of eyeballs in that light... AH!) 24:00 Ladies, totally ok to have a little cry in the treestand. That wasn't a chupacabra! (Right?) 25:00 Doing the observing vs. being the one who's observable 27:00 Find Hannah on Insta @hannah.the.plus.size.hunter and YouTube Hannah Marcom - there is so much good story and deep thought here 30:00 Realizing you need some camo and having a hard time finding something that fits #imnottheonlyone 34:00 "If you can't try it on, seeing it on someone else's body is the next best thing." 42:00 Sports bras! Check out Hannah's take on this Best Sports Bras... "I have been on a sports bra journey." 46:00 Padding? Zipper? Clasp? Razorback? 48:00 SheFit 50:00 Wool-blend bras for the sweaty hike followed by the cold sit at your hunting spot 59:00 McCall WildFest - Aug. 18 1:04 That expression "the bee's knees" ... it's about pollen pants! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kaitlin Barnhart is one of the co-founders of The Mayfly Project, an initiative to connect fly-fishing mentors with foster kids. A lot of the lessons we learn on the water carry over to the rest of our lives. Slow down and work out all the knots. Seek help from those with more experience. Kaitlin also tells us what it's like to grow a passion project into a national organization with employees and volunteers galore. 00:40 Remember Sarah Topp and Timberdoodle? 3:00 Ground-nesting bird species and dogs-always-leashed rules, even on public lands 5:00 Timberdoodle: The dog who pulled her owner on rollerblades six miles in 24 minutes... "It was terrifying, but I find that fun." 8:00 When you learn to fly-fish in Alaska and then return to Idaho... "Oh, I guess I'm not as awesome as I thought I was." 9:00 The Mayfly Project -- linking foster kids with fly-fishing 10:00 Foster kids and access to sports/the outdoors 12:00 Becoming a mentor with the Mayflly Project 14:00 From the genesis of an idea to 53 locations with mentorship projects in place 17:00 Teaching a conservation ethos alongside fishing 21:00 Fly-fishing gives us so much bounty 25:00 Slow down and work out the knots (Fishing lesson, or life lesson?) 28:00 When people are in and out of someone's life, the outdoors can be its own kind of steady relationship 32:00 When Mayfly project kids teach OTHERS to fly-fish 35:00 Making an investment of time into a kid is huge 38:00 Bringing a Mayfly type of project to a new place: it usually starts with a single invested, committed, connected person 41:00 When a non-profit grows from a self-motivated, two-person hustle to an organization with employees and volunteers galore 42:00 Find the Mayfly Project on Facebook and Instagram 45:00 Fly-fishing as a mom with three kids... and when fishing kids evolve from littles to teens 48:00 Fishing as a meditation / escape 52:00 Did you miss our fly-repellent tip on Amber Rose from Victoria's Secret? 56:00 Getting some instruction vs. teaching yourself 57:00 Hey, everyone... exciting news! Artemis's Fly-Fishing Tactics event is ON. There's a goodie bag, a storytelling contest, and loads of tips. Join us! Register here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Kathy Hadley was living in New York, one of her nephews got unexpectedly sick. Several kids in the neighborhood were experiencing the same thing, and it turned out that the town's school was built on a toxic waste site. Being involved in the Love Canal environmental disaster kickstarted Hadley's career in conservation. When she moved to Montana and noticed that plants wouldn't grow on certain parts along the Clark Fork River (places now called "slickens"), she recognized a similar situation. Hadley has been a long-standing leader and board member for the Montana Wildlife Federation and the National Wildlife Federation. In the sixth installment of the Artemis Women in Conservation Leadership Series, we talk about meaningful service and how you can doggedly pursue change that matters.  4:00 Growing up on an island in the middle of the Niagara River  10:00 Changing from an outdoorswoman to a conservationist 12:00 Sharing mom duties with your sister  13:00 An interest in activism... it started with sick kids at the Love Canal contamination site in New York 16:00 Sick children, homes with no value, and a meeting with President Carter 20:00 Finding another contamination site after a cross-country move to Montana 21:00 "Slickens" on the Clark Fork, spots where nothing grows 22:00 A flood plain catches many contaminants; eventually the Clark Fork River was designated as a Superfund site 23:00 The Clark Fork Coalition 24:00 "Sometimes change takes decades when you're talking about landscapes and bureaucracies." 30:00 Board service and the institutional knowledge in a strong board 35:00 Montana Wildlife Federation - longest standing conservation org in Montana 36:00 In the 80s there was a rise in conservation orgs (especially species-specific ones) 37:00 Did you catch Artemis' episode on RAWA with Sara Parker Pauley? 38:00 Rise in coalition-building between conservation groups 41:00 Has the era of connectivity threatened more meaningful communication with one another? 43:00 On successful teams, everyone contributes -- even if it's making coffee for the group, we all do all the jobs/chores 46:00 Starting meetings with a set of expectations for group conduct 52:00 Small organizational changes, like replacing vice chairs with co-chairs 56:00 So... how about you run for secretary? 58:00 Detaching emotions from work that matters; You don't need to have deep personal relationships with colleagues to do meaningful work with them 1:01 The rise of self-directed learning in sporting pursuits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we join Mary Lynn and five other women in the field on a rabbit hunt in east Tennessee. Follow along with us as we traverse quicksand, manage a hypoglycemic hound, and battle a bull for a downed rabbit. This episode is short and sweet and puts you right there in the middle of the action with us! 00:50 When your front-seat beagle leaves the truck before the rest of the pack 2:14 The dogs pickup rabbit scent 4:06 Wresting your rabbit from hounds 4:50 The challenge of dealing with game that’s not quite dead 5:51 Raising meat rabbits in the Peace Corps 7:12 Doc gets ‘sugar fits’ and needs treats to stay in fighting shape 9:00 A water retrieve by a dog that’s not meant to bring things back 10:30 Female rabbits move differently than males 11:30 Trying to find a rabbit in a haystack (and all the other things that get collected on a farm) 13:13 Robin’s rabbit – right into the bull pen 14:47 Mary’s favorite way to cook a rabbit – buffalo rabbit wings 15:34 When your hunting dog ends up on a boat in the middle of the lake 16:31 Canine first aid (bring Blu-Kote) 17:38 Hunting pants signal to the dogs that fun is about to happen 19:04 Back at the truck reflecting on the hunt 19:53 Getting started hunting with small game 20:36 Light ‘em up kennels 22:08 – STUCK in the mud Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're revisiting Artemis's most-downloaded series ever, Chasing Ungulate Tales, featuring scientists from the Monteith Shop, an ungulate research lab at the University of Wyoming. This week we're joined by Rebecca Levine, whose research is focused on understanding the thermal ecology of moose. More than half of southern moose populations in the Lower 48 are in decline. We talk parasite loads, chronic wasting disease, the mysterious moose of New Zealand's fjordlands, and what habitat a moose needs to stay cool. Also: bear spray works for moose, too.  PLUS... Artemis's long-time partner, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks is offering an incredible giveaway, which includes a guided pheasant hunting trip, a travel voucher to get there, a $4,000 gift card to Scheel's, and loads of other gear. Check it out and be sure to enter.  4:00 When do you get to call yourself a 'hunter'? 5:00 In the southern half of moose's range, about half of populations are in decline 7:00 Why is heat stress so particular to moose versus other cervids? The skinny: They're big, they're dark, and they don't sweat. 10:00 How do moose find those spots to cool off in? 12:00 Collaring MOOSE... it's a PROCESS. But the video collars? SO COOL 15:00 Moose = tick paradise 16:00 Moose are intermingling with more ungulates that they ordinarily may not have overlapped with, which is one vector for parasite spread 18:00 Preg-checking a female moose 21:00 Twin prevalence in moose 24:00 Different subspecies of moose and their historic ranges... they're unique in that moose are circumpolar. They're in Russia, China, Canada, Alaska, etc. 28:00 Moose are relative newcomers to Wyoming/Utah/Colorado 32:00 Moose reach heat stress above 55 degrees... and they indulge in a number of behaviors to mitigate heat -- bedding down in marshes, traveling to higher altitudes, etc 36:00 Chronic wasting disease effects all cervids, including moose 37:00 Wyoming Chronic Disease Management plan 44:00 Bilingual fishing/game regs - Kansas just did this, and the results are great 46:00 Monteith Shop on Insta (@Monteith.shop) 47:00 Funding is a limiting resource on the production of high-quality science 47:40 Monteith Shop website, UngulateCompendium.org 52:00 Moose encounters in the Brooks Range... MONSTERS RISING FROM THE WILLOWS! Bear spray doesn't help you feel brave in that moment 53:00 "Don't run" is the general advice for wildlife encounters... EXCEPT with moose 54:00 National Park Service project to preserve big-horn sheep in Grand Teton National Park 55:00 Charismatic megafauna vs charismatic megafauna... eliminating mountain goats to preserve bighorn sheep 56:00 Three hours to go a mile in canyon/bog/swamp... great chance for a somewhat scary moose encounter! Also, that moment when your scientist friend hears something and says, "Hmm... that sounds like a large mammal." 59:00 Two cans of bear spray deployed... which totally got the target animal, but also the person in flight 1:01 Bear spray is oil-based, and thus very sticky 1:04 In 1910 moose were introduced into New Zealand's fjordlands. The population never really took off... the last sighting was in 1980, BUT, it's led to a Sasquatch type of fervor, with the occasional wingnut moose sighting in that area. #moosetrivia 1:06 Moose = swamp donkeys Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Artemis’ Mary Lynn, lease manager and passionate outdoorswoman, for a behind-the-scenes tour of Artemis Sportswomen’s Tennessee hunting lease. Nestled in the Cumberland Mountains, this 1700-acre property is a hub for learning, connection, and hands-on conservation. From a sustainable, hand-built camp to a gear closet stocked for every outdoor pursuit—deer hunting, turkey calling, fly fishing, and more—this episode showcases how Artemis is empowering women to dive into the outdoors, get their hands dirty, and shape wild spaces from the ground up. As sportswomen, we don’t fit into any box or stereotype but enjoy being our full, authentic selves. There is no one definition of a sportswoman – Artemis celebrates the million ways to be one, and uplifts sportswomen as unique leaders of the sporting world and conservation. We are a nationwide community reflecting the diversity, leadership, expertise, and sisterhood of women hunters and anglers. Artemis sportswomen encourage one another in their growth and success as hunters and anglers, and role model women’s leadership in caring for the lands and waters we harvest from and know so well. Join us in our work to elevate sportswomen as sporting and conservation leaders today! Learn more: https://artemis.nwf.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you heard of the Artemis book club? The club's summer read is "I Don't Know Why I Swallowed The Fly" by Jessica Maxwell. In the spirit of fly-fishing season, here's a treasure from the Artemis Archives -- Ali Bear giving us the play-by-play of casting. It's simply wonderful. Don't forget to join our community online in the Artemis Facebook group, or email us at artemis@nwf.org if you know of a book we should all read.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the fifth installment of the Artemis Women in Conservation Leadership series, we're joined by Flora Csontos, who used to work for the governor's office in Wisconsin. Her job was to recommend people to serve on the state's boards and commissions. She tells us about what that process is like, and how you can put your name into the proverbial slush pile for leadership roles in public service. Plus: Ego-driven ambition versus the desire to do good in the world; turkey hunting; and being a leadership enabler.   3:00 Cunning California turkeys 5:00 Embarking on a Turkey Grand Slam(!) 10:00 Wisconsin has phenomenal programming for adult-onset hunters  11:00 How often do you have reason to sit under a tree and do nothing? #reasonstohunt 14:00 In any given state there are dozens (if not hundreds) of boards/commissions a governor's office can appoint to 17:00 Commission, council, working group, task force = these are bodies of citizens lending their expertise on a particular issue 19:00 Try attending a meeting: Most commission meetings are open to the public, or they're available streaming. Start by showing up. 24:00 Artemis: Game Commissions 101 with Michelle Zimmerman 27:00 Marcia's experience as a governor-appointee on a board 30:00 Getting "the call" (almost like a surprise birthday party) 32:00 Getting into the governor's slush pile of board candidates (a pool that may be drained whenever a new governor is elected) 36:00 Armchair Expert with Adam Grant - imposter syndrome vs. imposter thoughts 40:00 Ego-driven ambition vs. the desire to do good in the world 46:00 "If you have good things to give, you should just show up." 49:00 Enabling leadership for those around you  52:00 These service opportunities are HARD... but it's the good, growth kind of hard (versus the toxic hard) 59:00 Progress, not perfection 1:01 Artemis' 2022 ambassadors have been chosen - we have 36 women from 28 states; with our 2021 ambassadors, that's 70+ women out there expanding access for women in sporting/conservation. Stay tuned. We can’t wait to introduce them to you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Traditional bowhunter Beka Garris joins Artemis this week to talk about what it's like bowhunting with a baby. Yes... literally WITH a small child. Beka tells us about harvesting two deer (and a squirrel) alongside her daughter. She also talks about traditional bowhunting, the skills involved, and how your experience in the outdoors changes when you have a little one in tow.  2:00 Tiny human podcast crashers... #momlife 3:00 The switch from bowhunting to traditional bowhunting... the trad bow range is more like <20 yards 5:00 "If anyone wants to put the work in, they CAN do it... it's just a lot more work than a compound bow." 6:00 Hunting with small children (yes... like, hunting with them literally on your back) 8:00 Bug repellent (AND... the Victoria's Secret scent that some anglers swear by (BeBe Episode) 10:00 A Thermacell for bugs 11:00 Shooting squirrels with a trad bow... "it's hard." (But also fun.)  12:00 Hunting rabbits with a trad bow AND a beagle -- you come to rely on the intuition of your shot. Here's an exercise: Throw a shoe box into the air and try to shoot it 15:00 Bow skills: Back tension and proper release (aaaand... release words!) 17:00 Fitting a trad bow & arrow selection 20:00 Bowfishing 23:00 Hunting outdoors with littles: Take it slow, make it short, just ease into it 26:00 The 'death' part of hunting for kids 30:00 Children playing with bows 35:00 "Are you willing to give up the idea of definitely filling your tags to take your kid?" 37:00 Every kid is different in how they handle the outdoors 39:00 "When deer-hunting, you can't really worry too much about being scent-free if you have a kid in diapers." 42:00 Harvesting, dressing, and dragging a deer back to the Jeep as your infant snoozes 45:00 Deer-sized cargo carriers on a vehicle 50:00 HERUpland podcast, BirdDog Babe podcast 52:00 Find Beka on Instagram (@bekagarris) and Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Pennsylvania game commissioner Kristen Schnepp-Giger is confronted with a decision, she takes stock of her gut feeling and then goes to the other side and lets them try to convince her. It's her way of making sure she's hearing all sides to a particular issue, and what the consequences of her decisions mean to others. In the seventh installment of the Artemis Leadership Series, we talk about having hard discussions, building relationships, keeping your composure, and knowing your own limits. For instance, whenever you tell yourself something like, "I don't have time for that" -- are you really trying to say, "I don't want to do that"? 2:00 Turkey talk - how's your turkey season going? Gobble and cluck with us in the Artemis Facebook group 6:00 A suburban upbringing takes a rural turn with a loving nudge from a high-school biology teacher 10:00 Cold call + "I'm interested in taxidermy"... words that open doors 14:00 Pennsylvania to Yellowstone 16:00 If you're 'meh' on applying to a Fish and Game commission and others are urging you to apply, why not call the existing commissioners to see how they like the job 18:00 "What's the culture of your board like?" 20:00 Life changes = professional changes; Adjusting to a single-parent household makes you see your time differently 23:00 Being strategic with where you devote your time 24:00 Listen to your internal compass: If you keep telling yourself, "I don't have the time," you may actually be feeling: "I don't want to do that" 26:00 Let's not glorify toxic productivity 30:00 "Extreme Ownership: How Navy Seals Lead and Win" by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin 35:00 Detaching emotional response from sound decision-making/problem-solving 40:00 New ideas: See them through a lens of possibility versus negativity 42:00 Bringing up others around you through mentorship 45:00 Learning how to have hard conversations is crucial to effective board leadership 46:00 Keeping your composure is key to building relationships 50:00 We don't have to agree with each other, but we need to listen to each other 55:00 Be open-minded; Let the other side try to convince you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bethany Bethard grew up knowing that her grandfather was a hunting fiend, but hunting wasn't a big part of her own upbringing. As an adult, though, she got curious and started getting in the field more. Bethany is a homeschool mom of five kids, and a military spouse, and she's adamant that just because you're a mom doesn't mean you don't get to have your own identity. Plus: Hunting military lands, representation in the field ("You can't be it if you can't see it"), Oklahoma elk hunting, jerky methods, and bison. Pssst... we're doing another giveaway! This time it's from Prois to give away a full outfit! Yes, that’s correct, we are giving away a Trial Pack, Torai Pants, Torai Jacket, Cap, AND a Tintri 2.0 shirt!! Check out the Artemis Instagram or Facebook feeds for all the details. 3:00 Oklahoma IS an elk-hunting destination... check our our episode with Alyssa Bowen to hear more about it 5:00 Hunting on military property... like public lands with way more rules 7:00 Making time to hunt with five kids in the mix 8:00 Aaaand a deer-hunting fail with young kids 10:00 Absorbing family hunting knowledge, but not having it as a regular part of your upbringing 12:00 Jerky making au natural 18:00 Tracking down your family's sporting history 19:00 "Just because we're a mom doesn't mean we lose our identity." 22:00 Incorporating indigenous heritage into a modern sporting tradition 25:00 "The Time of the Buffalo" by Tom McHugh 27:00 Using homeschool to follow family passions/interests 30:00 Representation in the outdoors matters... "You can't be it if you can't see it" 34:00 'Earn a buck' regulations... you have to harvest does before you're issued a buck tag 38:00 Bison hunting 44:00 Hunting is a service to family 47:00 Striving to be a well-rounded hunter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BeBe Dalton Harrison was raised in a South Carolina fishing family. They often caught their supper from the salt marshes -- fish like large-mouthed bass, sea trout, and flounder. As an adult, Bebe now has the dream job of sharing her love for the salt marsh with other women, families and kids. Today on the show: A Carolina bug-battling tip straight outta Victoria's Secret, sea trout versus freshwater trout, and tackle-purses. 2:00 Tips for not scratching mosquito bites, other than willpower. A hot tip from Victoria's Secret (picked up at a tackle shop)... it's called Amber Romance 5:00 Other sensory vibes: The aroma of a salt marsh 7:00 South Carolina Wildlife Federation effort to restore a coastal bird rookery 10:00 Growing up in a fishing family on the South Carolina coast - sea trout, flounder, crab, sea bass, weakfish, etc 14:00 Taste test: Freshwater vs. sea trout 16:00 Hush-puppy fish fry 19:00 Growing up in fishing, growing away from it, then circling back around as an adult 21:00 Finding your path (however circuitously) 22:00 Want to break into an agency job? Persistence + volunteering + keep applying 25:00 R3 - Recruitment, Retention, Reactivation 26:00 Developing a salt marsh education program + Angling Women, a business to teach introductory marsh fishing to women and families 30:00 Poll: Who do you think asks for fishing lessons more often... men? Or women? 33:00 The tackle-purse! No, really. Plus, rod charms. 35:00 Environmental education bearing fruit: When a kid in a salt marsh ed program becomes a fishing guide 37:00 The $700 fish pic 42:00 From spin rods to fly rods + that first tug on a fly 45:00 Taking someone new? Especially a kid? Try leaving your rod at home. And maybe pack some non-fishing entertainment, too 50:00 "However you treat the trip is how they're going to remember it." 53:00 Find BeBe and Angling Women on Facebook and Instagram 59:00 Get in touch! artemis@nwf.org, or, check out our Facebook group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week... fire! Artemis is joined by Jaidyn Hranicka in Wisconsin, who works as a prescribed burn specialist. Wisconsin has a multitude of different ecosystems -- deep dark woods brush up against prairie-like oak savannas. Jaidyn talks to us about what it's like to work in the fire industry. Plus: Turkey misses, brook trout, and trail baloney. 2:00 Trail baloney: A mixed-game, smoked, and pan-fried treat (also a great friend-maker) 4:30 Wisconsin's varied ecotypes 7:00 Fishing for native brook trout in small streams 8:00 Reintroducing fire to oak savannas 13:00 Prescribed fire as a surrogate for natural fire; It's a management tool for fire-adapted ecosystems 18:00 Burning different ecotypes at different times of the year, but generally in a March-May window 22:00 The effect of Rx burn on wetlands 25:00 The nuts and bolts of a day of prescribed burning 29:00 "Dot ignition" and low-intensity fire strategies (plus, sleepover duty for one crew member) 32:00 Fire stories: the one that got away... #nostructuresharmed 38:00 "Burn boss" ... might be the best job title ever 42:00 Loving where you live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're bringing you an episode of the Chronic Wasting Disease Chronicles - a special mini-series produced by Artemis and NWF Outdoors. On this episode we hear from Dr. Kelly Straka, a wildlife manager in Minnesota. We talk about the financial toll on state agencies, cross-border management... aaaand, the "E" word. Tune in for more!  2:51 – Introduction on Dr. Kelly Straka, Wildlife Section Manager for Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.  4:10 – Kelly talks about her career path to working with CWD. 7:10 – Kelly frames the issue with CWD from the perspective of state agencies. “CWD might be the most pressing issue facing cervid populations across the country right now.” 10:40 - The barriers to effective management of CWD. 17:11 - How hunters can help or hinder efforts to manage CWD. 23:29 - The Federal – State intersection of CWD. The regulatory and jurisdiction issues that have a bearing on how we deal with CWD. 33:15 - Minnesota’s approach and how it got us to where we are today. 39:07 - Minnesota’s response plan, management applications in different zones and various strategies. 43:10 – The “E” word! 48:21 - If we cannot eradicate CWD, how do we live with it in the future? 52:57 - The challenges around CWD surveillance and how hard it is to detect the disease when it is present in low numbers. 58:13 - What do the agencies wish the public knew about CWD management? 1:00:44 - What is one thing that could have been done differently? 1:03:33 - Closing statements. Stay engaged, stay aware, stay involved. Please take a moment to rate the podcast and write us a review! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tia Shoemaker grew up in a remote Alaskan hunting lodge. Christine Cunningham didn't come to hunting until she was an adult. Both women found they had a passion for telling authentic stories from the hunt field, and together they launched the outdoor journal, "Traverse." The first issue is out now, and both women join us to talk about what makes for meaningful experience in the field.  1:00 Growing up on a historic homestead in Alaska at a family-owned hunting/fishing lodge. Pilot's license = mandatory 4:00 Hunting ptarmigan with a bow as a five-year-old... also, playing "guide and client" with a sibling 7:00 Traverse - an outdoor journal focused on hunting ethos, edited by Tia Shoemaker and Christine Cunningham 12:00 Christine Cunningham's book "Women Hunting Alaska" 13:00 "Ready? Fire!! Aim?" 15:00 Recovering from a surgery can make you zero in on what you'd most like to be doing 17:00 Feeling more "awake" in the hunt field + crawling at cockroach speed 22:00 Traverse = "the cave paintings of our time"... storytelling at the nexus of connection and place 28:00 Do hunting stories where everything goes right paint an authentic picture of the sport?  30:00 Celebrating experience as much as we celebrate success 32:00 First issue of Traverse is out now! TraverseJournal.com 36:00 "Be fearless and available to the moment" 41:00 Tia on NWF's "Vanishing Seasons" podcast ... "Wealth isn't about how much we have, it's about how much we enjoy it." 43:00 Pebble Mine prospect in Bristol Bay... it's been a long fight 48:00 Submissions at Traverse mag 50:00 Artemis Book Club - our first read is "Braiding Sweetgrass," virtual book club chats are on the horizon 51:00 Other book recs: "The End of the Game" by Peter Beard (LINK); "The Living Mountain" by Nan Shepherd; "The Old Ways" by Robert MacFarland; "Heartsblood" by David Peterson 58:00 2021 Artemis Ambassadors... you're going to meet them soon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adult-onset hunter... traditional bows... five kids... would you guess those things add up to having six deer in the freezer? This week we're joined by Melody Haege, who talks to us about how she settled on traditional bowhunting when she began her sporting journey, and what it looks like today. 2:00 Living in the Minnesota 'big woods' 3:00 Six deer doesn't last that long for a family of seven; Keeping the blood to train a scent-tracking dog 4:00 Pig procurement & fat rendering tips 8:00 Deer hunting with a traditional bow (you need to hear about this 27-yard shot) 14:00 Adult-onset hunting & going all in 15:00 Being an excellent shooter isn't always synonymous with being an excellent hunter 16:00 You don't know what you don't know 18:00 Crossbow to traditional bow transition 20:00 Hunting/archery isn't one parent's "thing"... it's the family's thing 23:00 Making hunting a shared joy among family sometimes means putting the brakes on your own journey 24:00 Tree stands vs. ground blinds when hunting with kids 25:00 Judging snacks by how loud they are to unwrap 27:00 Stalking with a 7-year-old #buckfever 30:00 Building bridges with farmers 37:00 Hunting styles/methods vary by geography/culture... "Even if it is legal, that doesn't mean it's respectful to the animal" 40:00 Homeschooling & time management (say, during deer season) 47:00 Finding a balance when it comes to engaging your kids; Going by their cues 51:00 Family hardship... there's significance/meaning in doing hard things 54:00 The 75 Hard challenge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Jennifer James did her dissertation research on women in the conservation field. This episode, we talk about some of the barriers to upward mobility in conservation leadership roles -- things like subtle gender bias or imposter syndrome. At the same time, Jennifer also saw positive influences that were elevating women in their field -- chiefly mentorship and collaborative relationships. Artemis is embarking on a series about women in conservation leadership. We hope you'll join us!  1:30 Alex Stokman has been with us before to talk about reactivation 4:30 Wildflower hunting 5:30 Sautéed morels, morel sauce, morel poppers, etc 6:00 Tony Chachere's creole seasoning 8:00 Personality tests and workplace culture 10:00 Mentorship of women in conservation 13:00 But first... finding women in conservation to speak with 18:00 Gender bias; imposter syndrome 21:00 Women empowering other women through mentorship 24:00 Lack of recognition is a barrier for women on an upward mobility track 27:00 Mentorship/professional development opportunities in cultivating independent leadership 30:00 What "leadership" looks like is evolving; The most powerful person within an organization may not be the one at the top 33:00 Combatting gender bias - continual training/workshops help 38:00 Ageism... AND, does the bias ever just age out? Do the promising leaders age up? 43:00 "Mentorship of Conservation Leadership in Women: A Phenomenological Study" by Dr. Jennifer James. Read it here! 45:00 Diversity of one isn't enough to reap the benefits of a diverse workplace 46:00 Venery workshop on e-scouting and registration vs. participation 50:00 Artemis and Venery are co-hosting a turkey tactics workshop... check it out! Register Here! 52:00 Bear barbacoa 56:00 Artemis's Bass Tactics course is open! Find registration here 56:30 The Artemis book club is currently reading "Hunting and Fishing in the New South: Black Labor and White Leisure After Civil War" by Scott E. Giltner. Register here! 57:20 Want to know more about the Artemis Leadership Program? Send a note to artemis@nwf.org to be in the loop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Artemis Program Manager Annita Lucchesi and Artemis Coordinator Paige McMahon as they speak with Vanessa Castle, a Lower Elwha Klallam angler, mother, fisheries advocate, and conservationist. Vanessa shared with us her nation’s experience undamming and healing their ancestral river in Washington, the cultural and social impacts of tribal fisheries, how tribal communities throughout the Pacific Northwest have resisted colonial environmental policies, and how restoring salmon heals a community. As sportswomen, we don’t fit into any box or stereotype but enjoy being our full, authentic selves. There is no one definition of a sportswoman – Artemis celebrates the million ways to be one, and uplifts sportswomen as unique leaders of the sporting world and conservation. We are a nationwide community reflecting the diversity, leadership, expertise, and sisterhood of women hunters and anglers. Artemis sportswomen encourage one another in their growth and success as hunters and anglers, and role model women’s leadership in caring for the lands and waters we harvest from and know so well. Join us in our work to elevate sportswomen as sporting and conservation leaders today! Learn more: https://artemis.nwf.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Outsiders might think of Long Island as a suburb of New York, but it's also a remarkable place to be a hunter and angler. Two years ago, bow-hunter Jacqueline Molina was featured in the New York Times as part of a growing movement of women taking to the woods on Long Island, which struggles with deer overpopulation. That exposure led her and some friends to start a women's hunting group. This week on the program: Blowfish, pandemic hobbies, Euro mounts, and solo hunts. Plus, don't forget to take the Artemis podcast listener survey for a chance to win a $100 gift card to Isle Royale Outfitters. 2:00 Fishing for blowfish... the other "chicken of the sea" 6:00 Long Island Babes and Bucks @longislandbabesandbucks Email: libabesandbucks@gmail.com 8:00 Long Island... sportswoman's paradise! 11:00 The DIY approach to teaching yourself how to hunt 12:00 Sitting in the tree stand with your nursing school books on your lap, trying to turn pages as quietly as possible 14:00 Look at Hunter You from three years ago... have you changed? 18:00 In case you missed Ashley's Artemis deer camp report from Tennessee... it's still there! 21:00 Pandemic hobbies... how about turning those skulls into art? 24:00 See Jacqueline’s work on her Instagram @jmolina319 26:00 How-to on Euro mounts - use a salon product that seems to make bone shine bright 31:00 "Deer Overpopulation Meets Its Match: Women Who Hunt" New York Times  36:00 Hunting headspace... especially if you're solo 39:00 Going into a hunt thinking you won't see anything... then... EVERYTHING 43:00 Hunting snacks & snack faux-pas (and tuna hearts) 48:00 Matthews V3 bow 49:00 Retire and old bow, lighten the draw weight, and save it for those super-frigid days   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yasss, pythons. Not a typo. This week on the podcast, we hear about how Amy Siewe went from snake lover to snake hunter -- and how her hunting pal Anne Gordon-Vega also became a python contractor. Pythons aren't native to Florida, and they wreak havoc on native ecosystems. So... when you find a 17-foot python big enough to swallow a deer, in the middle of the night, and you're alone... how DO you handle that? 3:30 Badass python-hunters are grandmas, too!  5:00 Life transition: Going from being a real estate broker in Indiana to a Florida python hunter 7:00 A brief history of pythons in Florida... a non-native, apex predator 9:30 "In the southern part of the state we've lost over 90% of all mammals." It's shocking. No opossums, no raccoons, no marsh rabbits.  12:00 Miami, drugs & exotic pets 14:00 Pythons are VERY difficult to find in the wild 15:00 What eats baby pythons? Plus, python breeding 17:00 Two python facts: They're the only snake that sits a nest, and the "babies" are 18-24 inches when they're born. (AH!) 18:00 When a python regurgitates the last four things it ate... 23:00 The contractor program in Florida - Florida Wildlife Commission; South Florida Water Management District 26:00 The python-hunting version of a Florida family vacay 30:00 Meeting your first deer-eater sized python at 2 a.m., laying over its body so it doesn't wrap you, and wrestling it into a bag 34:00 Snake-bagging 101 37:00 Catching a python on your ebike 40:00 Team-tagging pythons at night in dark, dark swamp water  43:00 Wrangling a 17-footer, with a timely assist from passing hunters 48:00 Python hunting is actually not much like how it's portrayed on reality TV 51:00 BSwanky handbag line from Florida pythons 52:00 Amy is a full-time python-hunter... and she also saves the skins for her own line of product. Find her online, Python Huntress 53:00 What does it PAY to be a python contractor? It's not about the money... "I do it out of love (for the Everglades), and -- I'll admit it -- adrenaline." 54:00 Python hunting is a night-time thing... outsiders can totally try it on vacation, but start by paying attention to the rules: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 55:00 The Florida Python Challenge - cash prizes! ATVs! Reptile stuff!  56:00 Are we putting a meaningful dent in the python problem?  58:00 Snake-tracking hound dogs 59:00 Find @PythonHunter_Amy on Insta, or PythonHuntress.com for those snake skin goods we mentioned; Find Anne on the FWC Python Contractor FB page 1:04 Turkey hunting! It's ON. (Dinner Island Ranch, where working cattle land meets public lands) 1:06 When mom makes you a snake bag for the record-breaker on the horizon... <3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we get the scoop on hunting in South Dakota with hunters Emily Kiel, Marketing and Outreach Director for the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks, and Taniya Bethke, Director of Operations for the Council to Advance the Hunting and Shooting Sports. South Dakota is most famous for its pheasant hunting (meet the ditch parrot, everyone!) -- but there's an abundance of sporting opportunities. Plus, we talk about some of the initiatives from the state's Game, Fish, and Parks department that aim to roll out the orange carpet for new and visiting hunters, like HuntTheGreatestSD.com. 3:00 An upbringing in the outdoors/sporting world can nudge you toward a career that values/protects those things 9:00 Starting a family and realizing you'd like to make hunting a part of your family's culture, even though it wasn't part of your own childhood 11:00 Finding your community of people in the sporting world 12:00 Sometimes "mentoring" can be as simple as inviting someone over for a wild-game dinner, or inviting them to process an elk quarter 13:00 South Dakota Second Century Habitat Fund, a non-profit works with private landowners and other stakeholders to support pheasant habitat (and other wildlife habitat, too) 14:00 "Habitat is the foundation of wildlife management." 16:00 Pheasant country 20:00 South Dakota lion hunting with a distressed rabbit call 27:00 The Artemis Podcast Facebook group... come hang with us for extras!  28:00 South Dakota's Learn to Hunt events 29:00 Pheasant 101 class: where we try EVERYTHING... breasts, thighs, feathers for fly-tying, gizzards, organs... it's an adventure :)  30:00 South Dakota's "apprentice tag" - it's a $5 OTC tag for beginners 36:00 Hunting out the back door with kids; plus, MOJO decoys 39:00 Bringing up the next generation of hunters 42:00 South Dakota as a destination hunt for pheasants; South Dakota Public Hunting Atlas ... over a million acres to explore! 45:00 Harvesting and preparing gizzards 52:00 "Be where my hands are"... or, to be present in the moment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hunting elk in Oklahoma (yes, Oklahoma) is a relatively new opportunity for sportswomen and men there. Alyssa Bowen joins us to talk about finally drawing a tag in her home state, and she tells us what her elk hunt was like. Spoiler alert: Bowen's hunt was the kind most of us dream about. She spotted elk almost right away, and hunted in a party that included her husband and a close female friend.  1:00 Those three-figure temps... #eeep 3:00 Sand bass (pssst... Bass Tactics just finished! Keep an eye out for more tactics courses from Artemis) 6:00 "Mrs. Coach" - food support, emotional support, and ripping the occasional umpire  7:00 The return of elk to Oklahoma 8:00 Controlled elk hunts (and roadside service from management officials!) 11:00 Elk hunts are still very controlled in Oklahoma 12:00 Spoiler alert: Oklahoma has mountains!  15:00 The physical prep for an elk hunt where you're packing out an animal on foot 19:00 The play-by-play of a controlled elk hunt in a state where it's a non-typical quarry... it starts with a meeting 23:00 Oklahoma has bison, too!  24:00 Finding elk right away... the BEST start to a hunt 27:00 Taking a pass on the first shot opportunity (and the emotional aftermath) 29:00 You can hunt in totally different states and still completely understand another person's elk-hunting scenario 31:00 The physical nature of an elk hunt... hoofing it valley to valley #theycantravel 33:00 Elk upon elk! It's kind of a dream hunt... when you're aiming for one elk, and another one shows up even closer 36:00 If you're going to shoot again, make sure you know which one you've hit 39:00 Emotional waves... "It just really affected me in a way I was not expecting." 42:00 Knives to packout... about three hours; plus, it helps to have friends 47:00 Elk hide... decisions! (And heavy.) 49:00 Watching a friend's hunt from an opposing ridge, seeing elk all around them and wondering, "DO THEY EVEN KNOW!?" 53:00 Let's celebrate with an ibuprofen, ok?  56:00 E-scouting: validation for your topography skills 57:00 First fish on the fly! (Pssst... want some fly-fishing tips? Check out last week's episode, where we give you Fly Fishing Tactics for free!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Phoebe Stoner has done advocacy a number of different ways: She's worked at non-profits, embedded in the field, and she's also sometimes separated her conservation-life from her professional life. Advocacy doesn't have to be a full-time job for you to make a difference. Stoner is currently on the board of the Northwest Steelheaders, a panel her board colleagues joke errs on the side of male, pale and stale. So... how do you fix that?    2:00 Artemis Podcast – April 22,2021: Saying 'Yes' to Serving on a Board with Phoebe Stoner 7:00 From volunteering to advocacy as a professional life, and back to a side hustle again 11:00 Prioritizing your battles: You can't win them all, so choose where to devote your energies wisely 12:00 Sometimes the most invigorating thing for your conservation/advocacy life is to detach it from your career 13:00 "If you can't advocate for yourself, how can you advocate for anyone or anything else?" 15:00 Conservation is not a sprint, and it's important not to take on the burden of success or failure 16:00 Count your small victories and celebrate them 18:00 Keeping your focus on the long game versus existing in reaction mode 20:00 Sometimes imposter thoughts just don't go away 21:00 Storytelling as a communication strategy 23:00 Northwest Steelheaders, NWF affiliate in Oregon  26:00 Data versus story-driven advocacy; Each has a place 32:00 "The culture in hunting revolves around storytelling... it's the #1 thing people do." 34:00 Storytelling = let's get vulnerable  37:00 Storytelling School with the Moth: How to tell a good story 43:00 Knowing when your group skews male/pale/stale... how do we get more people involved? 48:00 Recruiting would-be leaders into the pipeline is hard work; It takes foresight and planning to help someone step into a bigger role Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does it mean to be a conservation advocate? It's different for every person. This week, Artemis ambassador Anne Jolliff talks about what she's learned over the past year about how to best advocate for wild spaces. She shares her "why" and her "how," and more on how it's going. 00:20 Montana Wildlife Federation + Artemis 101 1:00 "Go Confident as an Advocate" program 3:00 Ladies and gentlemen... we are hearing from a mother of 5-year-old triplets 6:00 Why be a conservation advocate?  8:00 First thing: What's holding you back? 10:00 The first time you speak up for something you believe in 13:00 Writing an op-ed, testifying at a hearing, sharing what you know with others 15:00 Preconceptions about what it means to "be an advocate" 16:00 "I'm not here to be the magic bullet that changes everyone's minds and pivots this whole discussion, as much as I would like it to... but I am going to show up." 21:00 When was the last time you changed your mind?  23:00 Wear fancy dresses in the dirt, ya'all 28:00 Start by watching... hearings, the political process, everything. Follow the groups that fit your beliefs. Engage. Reach out. Talk to people. 33:00 Don't be afraid to fail... failure is integral to how you learn this kind of thing 37:00 Ethos, logos, pathos 39:00 Bear! Right there! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alisa Davis took her partner's military career as a chance to fly-fish the waters of several states, including Hawaii, Colorado and North Carolina, while also pursuing advanced education in science. Alisa is an avid outdoors educator and fly-fishing instructor. In her words, "The more we teach fly-fishing, the more people are going to get into fly-fishing... which is always good for conservation." Alisa also a Type I diabetic, and in the second half of the program she shares how she naviates her outdoor pursuits while managing chronic illness. 2:00 Squirrel cacciatore and other adventures in eating!  6:00 Harvesting rainbows in cutthroat country -- smoke them, eat them, and if not... they're hearty fare at a local raptor center 8:00 Military life, moving across the country, cramming in an education... and getting hooked on fly-fishing 13:00 Southeastern states = fly-fishing powerhouse 16:00 Fly-fishing - not as gear-intensive as elitist as outsiders sometimes think 18:00 Laying off on fishing trout if water temperatures get high 21:00 Little fish with big fight: bass and panfish are hard to beat 25:00 The Joan Wulff method of fly-casting 26:00 "The more we teach fly-fishing, the more people are going to get into fly-fishing... which is always good for conservation." 27:00 North Carolina's John E. Pechmann Fishing Education Center 30:00 Getting into conservation careers; Volunteering is a great way to start 34:00 Volunteers are the engine of conservation work 36:00 Hawaii: the devastating fire and the adventures that preceded it 45:00 Managing diabetes (or any chronic illness) in the field... dealing with fatigue, preparing for emergencies, cultivating grit 48:00 Knowing your body, developing a routine, staying hydrated 56:00 Find Alisa on Instagram @starryeyedandoutdoorsy 1:02:00 Sharing nature with kids and families... #warmfuzzyfeelings 1:08:00 The joys of preparing for hunting season Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Artemis is revisiting its best-loved series of all time: A deep dive into ungulate ecology with the scientists at the Montieth Shop. This week we're surfing the green wave! Seasonal mule deer migration is based on food availability. Deer move across the landscape to maximize their access to high-quality food resources. We're joined by migration ecologist Ellen Aikens  to learn more about Wyoming's mule deer populations and how they're challenged by drought, climate change, and energy development.  PLUS: Artemis's long-time partner, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks is offering an incredible giveaway that includes a guided pheasant hunting trip in South Dakota, a travel voucher to get there, and a $4,000 gift card to Scheel's. Don't miss out!  3:00 - Artemis's first guest to connect from overseas! Plus, moving to Germany during the pandemic 6:30 - Animal research: A generally rewarding endeavor with LOTS of challenges 8:00 A new scientist asks her peers/mentors, What's one of the most important fields to be savvy in? "GIS/remote sensing" comes up again and again 11:00 GPS collars let us see where an individual animal is going, year after year -- it's a bonafide jackpot of data. This field is called "movement ecology" 12:30 Marcia's sage advice: "Do what you enjoy doing until you don't enjoy doing it anymore. Then go do something else." 13:30 Sampling the field April-August to survey which plants are available and when. Documenting the seasonal change from green to brown was revelatory! Plus, KNOWING the place. 17:00 Dynamics in plant growth and seasonal transition influence how animals move 18:00 To study mule deer you need to become versed in the world they live in 20:00 "The green wave" - this idea that for deer and other species, young/emergent plant species are the most nutritious growth. That stage is staggered across an elevational gradient -- and this is the 'green wave' -- moving to find that nutritious feed 22:00 Most mule deer move from a low-elevation winter range to a higher elevation spring/summer range. This is colloquially called 'surfing the green wave' 24:00 Migration isn't a continuous line from Point A to Point B. Mule deer spend about 90% of their time on migration at stopover sites, foraging and eating 27:00 What makes a good stopover? It totally depends. Elevation plays a big role. They're generally places that are more lush than the surrounding area. 30:00 Fall migration: A combination of fleeing cold/snow, plus finding the lushest feed given the season... the "residual greenness" 33:00 Drought has an effect on how well mule deer can surf the green wave, which is shorter; Energy development also affects that migration 35:00 Mule deer in the West have high fidelity to their migration routes 38:00 Mule deer DO move through energy development sites... but they're not able to use those areas to the degree they would if there was no resource development there 39:00 A high-quality study would collect data BEFORE an energy project, DURING it, and AFTER reclamation 45:00 Being migratory is key for mule deer in the Wyoming Range. There ARE resident deer populations, but it's a small fraction ( Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lori Monday was raising three kids, going to school, and struggling to find herself when she had a life-changing encounter with a snake. It led her down a path chock full of reptiles. As an education ambassador for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Lori literally keeps a menagerie of reptiles and amphibians as a part of her job. Listen to find out what it means when someone says, "Hey... wanna go herping?"  1:30 "Herping" - to wander about and look for reptiles and amphibians 3:00 Freezer situation: frozen mice of all sizes, ya'll #portraitofasnakeowner 4:00 Authentic tacos.  Find out more at our Artemis Podcast FB Group 7:00 Goose tacos. A new addition to your taco repertoire. 10:00 When someone asks, "Wanna go herping?" ...and that first snake encounter. "It was the most beautiful, gentle thing."  14:00 Getting into hunting/archery through a game and fish department, but also just by showing up 17:00 Deer lease 101 (effort + investment) 24:00 Herping isn't just about reptiles/amphibians... you'll see spider eyes catch the light, opossums, armadillos... all kinds of life at dawn or dusk 27:00 Project Wild from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission 28:00 Lori's teaching menagerie (which lives in her bedroom at home) 29:00 "Hey, I gotta call you back... my alligator is trying to eat my turtle." 35:00 Seeing the world at night can open your eyes... plus, experiencing the natural world up close for the first time 38:00 Snake phobias + the mind-changing experience of a herping ed trip 42:00 The first time in a deer stand isn't entirely intuitive 45:00 Taking your kids hunting as an adult-onset hunter 48:00 Harvesting your first deer as your teenage son cheers you on #heartexplosion 52:00 Women's Outdoor Retreat  hosted by the South Carolina Wildlife Federation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Southeast has lost about 99% of its native grasslands. When Brittney Viers started working as a biologist on northern bobwhite quail conservation, she realized being a botanist would was critical to revelaing the bird's relationship to its habitat. Brittany works for Quail Forever, which strives to preserve remnant grassland habitat and restore degraded habitat for quail in Tennessee. Plus: Making biologists talk to landowners, the North America Grasslands Act, ticks-on-baby problems, and mountain "balds." 3:00 Botany, biology + grasslands 6:00 Studying bird health by studying plant/grassland health 8:00 Quail Forever 11:00 Coordinating regional conservation partnership programs for grassland health (ecosystem-level conservation = doesn't give a hoot about state lines) 13:00 Northern bobwhites in the East: Challenges with successional environments, lack of escape cover, thermal cover for the winter... habitat is paramount 16:00 Invasive species and herbicide use 17:00 Predators are not the main reason for quail decline 19:00 "Quail" to Westerners vs. Easterners 21:00 When biologists are REQUIRED to do landowner workshops... and the power of grassroots outreach (pssst... it can happen over a tailgate) 25:00 Hosting quail habitat workshops in places where land management is working 26:00 North America Grasslands Act 27:00 Southeastern grasslands... not the same as the tall-grass prairie of the Midwest 28:00 Many grassland birds are struggling 30:00 Grasslands in the Southeast have declined by 99% 34:00 It's hard being a grassland specialist in an area with dwindling grasslands -- they're fountains of biodiversity 36:00 There's something special about grasslands for the human soul 37:00 "Balds" - mysterious open areas on the tops of mountains 39:00 Southern grasslands -- rhododendron to cacti (they can vary greatly in makeup) 42:00 Woody encroachment: The timbered look isn't natural in a lot of parts of the Southeast 44:00 The absence of fire on the landscape 46:00 Blackbelt Prairie in Mississippi 52:00 Blueberry hunting with babies, then de-ticking your baby in the car 54:00 Listeners... a special Artemis announcement! #nospoilersintheshownotes 56:00 Artemis Program Manager job... share it with the best people in your sphere! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stacy Haughey is from a small town on Michigan's Upper Peninsula -- it's the kind of place where family is everywhere and traditions run deep. Hunting was something Stacy inherited from her maternal side. "Grandma's Hunting Training Academy" is what they jokingly called it when time at Grandma's was synonymous with time in a tree stand. 2:00 Wild game Christmas basket exchange, ya'll 3:30 Small-town life on Michigan's Upper Peninsula ("the U-P" to Michiganders) 6:00 Learning to hunt through your family's maternal side, where grandma's in charge... aka "Grandma's Hunting Training Academy" 8:00 How a Depression-era mentality influences ethos about food security 13:00 The UP Habitat Work Group 14:00 When species conservation depends on private lands habitat  18:00 Building connections... it's a time investment that pays dividends 21:00 Want to connect with Michigan’s DNR? It's 906-226-1330 24:00 Balancing a passion for the outdoors with raising kids... there is no mold of what it should look like 30:00 Michigan's Becoming an Outdoor Woman (or BOW) program 33:00 Artemis Ambassador applications are open through Feb. 7... if you care about seeing more women in the field and on the water, your time and expertise is needed. Please apply! Want more Artemis? Find our Facebook group for more great discussion. 35:00 Hunting with older cousins as an 8-year-old and being sworn to secrecy after one of them runs the rig into a fencepost 37:00 Learning to track 38:00 Volunteering at a deer check station (best place to see what's new in hunting... like the blaze-orange body suit) 41:00 Barefoot turkey hunting with Mary Lynn 43:00 Is there ever an ideal time to have a new dog? Mid-life rescue dogs and their "interesting" behaviors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When the pandemic hit, Bre Bashford returned to her home state of Colorado from Georgia, where she works as an R3 coordinator for the Georgia Wildlife Federation. She hunted elk and antelope, and she tells us what it was like to build up to those successful hunts after growing up in suburbia. For Bre, the journey started with a strong ethos about food, a generous mentor, and being willing to figure out what you don't know. Plus... what's it like when a group of vegans asks you to speak on the ethics of eating meat? 3:00 A pandemic-triggered change in geography 4:00 "Each year I have a goal to try something new... or to experience a new species, or a new technique." 5:00 Growing up in suburbia and learning your mountain literacy on the weekends 8:00 On knowing your food  12:00 R3 = the recruitment, retention, and reactivation of hunters, anglers and shooting-sport participants 13:00 When a pro-vegan crowd asks you to talk about the ethics of eating meat... #yowzers 15:00 Guns as weapons vs. guns as tools 18:00 Hunting is about more than meat... it's about the role humans play in the ecosystem 21:00 The power of a mentor to shepherd someone into hunting... squirrels to turkey to deer 23:00 "We all have something to give, and we all have something to learn." 27:00 Academics Afield & learning global perspectives on hunting 29:00 Are there benefits to people who interact with wildlife?  31:00 Why hunting gets to us: We're in the moment, our senses are elevated... "Lose your mind, find your soul." 33:00 Hunting pronghorn... their eyesight is superb 34:00 Kneepads can help you crawl/stalk through cacti... also, army-crawling with your rifle is worth practicing 37:00 Pronghorn evolved alongside very formidable predators 41:00 Colorado Parks and Wildlife's "Elk Hunting University" program  43:00 Elk hunting: doing the prep, finding your spot, then arriving to see a bunch of other hunters... and eventually teaming up with two to plan a day's hunt 45:00 Being married to a non-hunter has a few perks... hello, truck shuttle 54:00 Montana antelope hunting - trying for a new, harder-to-draw area... and getting four tags with your friends 56:00 Scouting a completely new area 59:00 Georgia Wildlife Federation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Few legacies can impact the amount of people, organizations, species and habitats that Becky Humphries has. Starting as an employee of the US Fish and Wildlife Service in the 1970s, she quickly transitioned to state wildlife work the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and grew through the ranks culminating in her being appointed Director of the Department of Natural Resources and then in 2010 of the newly-developed Department of Natural Resources and Environment, which combined the DNR and state’s environmental agency. She was the first woman to hold either director role in Michigan. Humphries’ leadership saw the department through some of the most trying and uncertain times – including the discovery of Bovine Tuberculosis and chronic wasting disease in the state. Humphries’ work with the DNR elevated her to leadership roles within Association of Fish and Wild Agencies. She not only won their two most prestigious awards for her work, but she was named chair of the Fish and Wild Health Committee and led the National Fish and Wildlife Health Initiative. After more than 30 years with the DNR, Humphries left in 2011 to join Ducks Unlimited as the director of conservation partnerships. In 2013, Humphries joined the National Wild Turkey Federation as its chief conservation officer before being named chief executive officer in 2017 (Sourced from Michigan United Conservation Clubs). Suggested Links: https://www.nwtf.org/ http://www.peddersolutions.com/ Show Notes: 0:36 – Becky talks about where this episode was recorded at the North American Fish and Wildlife Conference. It has been happening since 1911!! 1:22 – A little on Becky’s background and start in conservation. 6:10 – Mentorship. Becky talks about some of her mentors during her career. 10:52 – Discussing professional courage and steps in moving up the ladder and picking your battles. 13:14 – “You always want to work around people who are very ethical.” 15:45 – Becky talks about some of the biggest projects she was involved with during her career. Notable projects at each stage. 28:00 – Becky reflects on where it has worked in her advantage to be a female in this industry. 33:28 - Pathways and pipelines to leadership. Did Becky set her intention to be the CEO of the DNR? 35:41 - Short break for a message from our partner, Prios, and the NWF Outdoors Outdoors podcast. 37:07 -  What’s in Becky’s freezers?! Better late than never ;) 39:48 -  Becky reflects on her passion for turkey hunting, bird hunting and her bird dogs. 41:33 -  What projects has Becky worked on over the years? 49:50 – The conversation regarding hunting, taking a life, spirituality, remorse, and conservation. 51:33 -  Becky to continue to stay engaged in the conservation community. 52:28- Closing statements and final advice for women who want to work in conservation and the out of doors. 54:39 - Becky’s plans for the future after retirement. 57:10 – Sam, Carlee and Becky share their hits and misses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last year marked the start of Artemis's "tactics" courses, where we hosted a virtual bootcamp for hunters interested in new disciplines. Our first event, Turkey Tactics, was a hit. We brought in four turkey hunters with more than 100 years of turkey hunting experience between them for our first webinar, Patt Dorsey, Mary Lynn, Kathy Stephens and Emily Ledergerber. We're sharing that audio with you today. Many of the women who participated in Turkey Tactics went on to bag their first turkeys, and we were tickled to share in their success. On the horizon in 2022: spin-fishing and deer hunting tactics courses. If Turkey Tactics or any of the Artemis programming has meant something to you, please consider giving to Artemis. Your support makes programs like this possible.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Long-time Artemis guest (and co-founder) Jess Johnson returns to the podcast this week after a trip to the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation’s annual meeting in Budapest, Hungary. On her way back to Wyoming, Jess got the chance to stop in Scotland for several days to hunt red deer and roe deer. She shares that experience with us, plus what it's like to bump heads with hunters and conservationists from across the world. 3:00 International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation - aka "the CIC," which aims to preserve wild game and hunting across the world 6:00 Wolf perceptions worldwide 11:00 The rural-urban divide over predators 12:00 World Hunting Expo - an event that only happens every 50 years  17:00 Hungary's red stags in rut... it was a moving show for the world's sporting and wildlife advocates 21:00 Learning wildlife management models from neighbors abroad 28:00 The CIC has its own version of Artemis... and it's also called Artemis #twinningandwinning 29:00 And CIC's forthcoming cookbook featuring game recipes from around the world 33:00 The relationships/dialogue that comes from events like CIC are the real bounty 34:00 Modern Huntsman magazine & Into the Wilderness with Byron Pace podcast episode with Linzi Seivwright 35:00 Hunting Scotland's red deer and the rural-urban divide issue there; plus, values of the land-owners versus the public at large 42:00 Hunting with someone who's mastered being a predator on their own landscape 43:00 Hunting in tweed 45:00 Red stags "roar," they don't bugle 47:00 "We don't take long shots here... let's wait and get him in as close as we can." 49:00 You can buy red stag meat in Scotland's grocery stores, which means hunters can sell their bounty to butchers if they choose to 50:00 Sika deer - they sound like an elk bugle on helium 53:00 If someone wipes stag blood on your face, don't freak... it's a Scottish tradition called blooding 55:00 Scotland's roe deer 57:00 A landscape where humans are the only predator, and the ongoing discussion of whether you re-introduce eradicated predators 1:04 Converting other hunters to the cult of Those Who Eat Heart Meat 1:12 In lieu of agency-issued tags, hunting deer in Scotland is regulated by landowners, usually a partnership between the landowner and whomever leases the property for hunting 1:17 The U.K. (as yet) has no cases of CWD 1:22 NWF Outdoor Division's new climate report: A Hunter’s and Angler’s Guide to Climate Change Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jillian Kilborn is a wildlife biologist in Vermont whose species of focus include pine marten and lynx. Jillian is also a mother, and watching her kids fledge as sportsmen and women has been a rewarding journey. The fulfillment she feels in watching them forge their own paths is part of what drew her to Artemis. What it means to be a hunter looks different for every person -- sometimes it's about the quarry, or the camaraderie, or just being outside. All 'whys' are valid here.    1:00 That moment when you say, 'You know what? I'm good with a little AC in my life.' 3:30 Bird parts in the freezer for training a bird dog 5:00 Ground sniffers vs. air sniffers  7:00 Lab-griffon mix  10:00 Pine marten recovery in Vermont after the trapping boom a century ago 11:00 Lynx recovery in the Northeast (yep, also in Vermont!) 12:00 Trapping pine marten 14:00 Handling the "furry vipers" 17:00 Building the Artemis community 22:00 Being an add-on vs. an integral member of the hunting crew 25:00 The 'why' of hunting varies person to person  30:00 Baby's innate berry radar 35:00 Being an active outdoorsman/woman and then having kids -- sometimes you have to split your time in the field so someone can tend to the offspring 36:00 Watching your kids fledge as their own selves in the hunting world 37:00 The most epic, 90-minute turkey show... at 80 yards 40:00 How many sporting lessons do we learn in hindsight? #somany 41:00 Turkey breast marinated in pickle juice 43:00 Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) program 46:00 Introducing women to trapping 48:00 NTA Convention in Ohio 53:00 Ground blind visibility... like Harry Potter's invisibility cloak 56:00 Temperature tolerance 1:01 Artemis program manager job Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"You get one physical vehicle for your entire life." Our bodies help us do ALL the things outside -- fishing, hunting... even moseying. Artemis Ambassador Sara Camiscioni reminds us that our daily happiness is often directly related to how we feel in our bodies. On this episode, we talk about becoming a hunter, tree stands, whether rivers are changing, and the general pursuit of a strong, functional, confident life. 2:00 Moving to a new place and feeling like you nailed it: "It's everything I've ever wanted in terms of recreation and lifestyle blended together while still being able to run my business."  3:30 Find Your Strong with Sara - a diet/exercise program for the athletic/adventurous (psst... that's us!) Plus, running a business the jives with who you are as a person 6:00 Fly-fishing as therapy 8:00 What fisher(wo)men notice about how rivers/fishing are changing in a changing climate... when did it become the norm for the season to go on hiatus for warm/low water? #newnorm? 11:00 What we look for in partners (... kind of!) 14:00 First hunt - antelope on cherished lands... plus, EMOTIONS! You feel like you can do anything... there's gratitude... there's depth. It's real out there 19:00 Randy Newberg... you need a sidekick?!  22:00 Connecting to your food 25:00 Tree stands 101 - Do you bring the coffee? Do you pee? 29:00 SheWee? #shewont 31:00 Doe pee vs human pee 34:00 Cutting a hunt short to not have to process meat or exit in the dark... it's a tough decision 40:00 In pursuit of a strong, functional, confident life 43:00 Boating body? Even out those muscles! Casting a lot? Forearm strength. You'd be amazed how surgically you use your body in the outdoors 47:00 "You have ONE body. You have ONE physical vehicle for your entire life"... "Your daily happiness is linked to your physical body." 54:00 Changing your health isn't a one-stop-shop... it takes habits and change that you can keep up for a lifetime 55:00 Find Sara on Insta @findyourstrongwithsara, OR the Find Your Strong podcast 58:00 What you learn about someone when they tell you what their chickens are named 59:00 The YouTube channel you didn't know you needed... Italian grandmas making pasta: Pasta Grannies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Artemis heads afield this week to talk with storyteller and adventurer Mandela van Eeden in Montana. Mandela's upbringing was split between South Africa, where her family harvested from the sea, and Montana - where they gratefully accepted the river's bounty. She went on to become a raft guide in the Grand Canyon and in New Zealand. Mandela talks to us about connecting to place, pursuing your dreams, and how we can care for what sustains us. Plus, a black bear walks in on Marcia and Mandela mid-way through the episode. (No jokes, folks!) 4:00 All the 'boks' in Africa, which is Afrikaans for 'deer' (springbok, bontebok, gemsbok) 5:00 A childhood split between the African bush and Montana, leaving your heart in both 11:00 Three Gorges Dam & the Yangtze River 12:00 Storytelling with sound and music AND raft guiding both hemispheres 16:00 What's the core value that makes us do what we do? 18:00 The Oily River Rendezvous and seeing an oil spill from the river's view 19:00 "If you think you're too little to make a difference, you've obviously not spent the night with a mosquito." 22:00 "Grand Canyon pink" - a rattlesnake endemic to that space 24:00 Getting Primitive program gets kids into bushcrafting 27:00 Fish in one hand, shark in the other 30:00 Fly-fishing as a family affair 32:00 Podcast interrupted by a black bear... yep, bonafide bear strolling through! 37:00 The myriad of ways in which people gather from the sea 38:00 NWF Outdoors podcast, Vanishing Seasons 41:00 If you want to connect with a place... BE there. Fully present. Cease the wandering mind. 42:00 Yoga sutras written by Pantanjali 49:00 Connection to the outdoors through harvest + patience and mindfulness 50:00 The value of a mentor 54:00 Riverboarding the Grand Canyon for 15 days... the dream started with a flip (link to article?) 56:00 Thalweg: the fastest current in the river 59:00 "Go into your dream closet and dust off some of those ones you've filed away." 1:03 Introducing family to game - antelope and bear... and recruiting a nephew into the ranks 1:06 Listen to what your body tells you to eat (plus, spearfishing) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mandela van Eeden is an outdoors communicator, an educator, a yoga instructor, a podcast host, and... a raft guide. She's recently back from an expedition on the Alsek River in the Yukon and Alaska. On this episode, we discuss how wild places rejuvenate us and give us perspective -- and they can even inspire us to act on behalf of the marvelous places we get to visit. Plus: Wool socks, glacial lakes, and riverboarding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Artemis Podcast is back! We’re so excited to share stories with you and explore the millions of ways to be a sportswoman. Join Artemis Coordinator Paige McMahon and Artemis Ambassador Megan Plete as they speak with our new program manager, Annita Lucchesi! Artemis, the sportswomen’s initiative at the National Wildlife Federation, recently welcomed Annita Lucchesi as its new program manager. Lucchesi has over a decade of experience advocating for policy at the Tribal, state, and federal levels. Most recently, she served as the founder and executive director of Sovereign Bodies Institute, a community-based research institute focused on gender and sexual violence against Indigenous people. “It’s an honor to serve in this role, especially as a Cheyenne woman. I am fortunate to come from a family and community full of strong advocates for land, water, and wildlife, and I believe hunters and anglers have an important role to play in safeguarding our wildlife and landscapes for the next generation,” Lucchesi said. “My people place a high value on women’s leadership and a close connection to the land, and I am thrilled to honor those teachings by bringing my passion and experience to help Artemis sportswomen become some of the strongest conservation leaders in the nation.” Lucchesi holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Arizona and has nearly two decades of experience as a cartographer. She travels between her Tribal community in southeast Montana and rural northern California, where she grew up and maintains close community ties. She is an avid outdoorswoman who fishes, hikes, and harvests from the land as a way to maintain her cultural traditions as an Indigenous woman. As sportswomen, we don’t fit into any box or stereotype—we embrace being our full, authentic selves. There is no single definition of a sportswoman. Artemis celebrates the million ways to be one and uplifts sportswomen as unique leaders in both the sporting world and conservation. We are a nationwide community reflecting the diversity, leadership, expertise, and sisterhood of women hunters and anglers. Artemis sportswomen encourage one another in their growth and success, modeling women’s leadership in caring for the lands and waters we harvest from and know so well. Join us in elevating sportswomen as leaders in both sporting and conservation! Learn more: https://artemis.nwf.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hunter, angler and conservationist Bianca McGrath-Martinez first drank the volunteerism Kool-Aid when she was serving with AmeriCorps. Today, her professional life (with MANY volunteer hours across different groups) is spent working towards an inclusive conservation movement with a program called Hispanics Enjoying Camping, Hunting, and the Outdoors. 2:00 HECHO; Latino Outdoors Colorado 5:00 Growing up with a negative perception of hunting, and then the slow process of changing your mind as an adult 8:00 How you become comfortable with something that your family has traditionally been very cautious about, like firearms 13:00 Fly-fishing... can open the gate to other sporting disciplines 16:00 The backstory of the American conservation movement, it can sound rosy and peachy -- but there's also racism, censure, and genocide there, too 17:00 Hispanics Enjoying Camping, Hunting, and the Outdoors - a policy-driven group that advocates for the conservation of wild lands in the Southwest 20:00 Parks podcast, Ashley's recommendation on a frank history of National Parks 23:00 Why it's important to re-teach ourselves American history through a historically accurate lens 28:00 The importance of bringing conservation (and sporting) to elected officials and other leaders 30:00 Find HECHO on Facebook, Instagram, and via their online newsletter 31:00 Cocktails and Conservation event in Utah in October. Keep track of HECHO events here. 32:00 Translating hunting/fishing regulations into Spanish 37:00 Bianca on the Your Mountain podcast, a great listen 38:00 Volunteerism accomplishes SO MUCH in the outdoors space. Check out Latino Outdoors' Yo Cuento blog, the group's job board, etc 43:00 Women's Wilderness  (and their Trailblazers program) 45:00 "I did AmeriCorps... and I think I just sort of drank the Kool-Aid when it comes to volunteerism." 50:00 Tarpon fishing! Large, ancient, big-fighting fish 54:00 Colorado Parks and Wildlife's Ranching for Wildlife program -- an access program for new hunters on private lands 1:02 An upcoming Artemis episode... bowhunting with a baby or a toddler (yes... hunting WITH a baby/toddler, like, on your back) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Crystal C. Shaw is the Chief Operating Officer for the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation. She previously served as the Executive Director and CEO of the Illinois Conservation Foundation. Ms. Shaw spent her earlier career in real estate and executive search advisory and consulting assisting search firms and businesses with c-level recruitment within privately held and PE-backed companies across industries. Ms. Shaw holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Human Environmental Sciences from the University of Missouri, Columbia. She currently serves as a committee member of the Chicago Downtown Chapter of Ducks Unlimited and co-founder of Shane’s Anglers, benefitting Cal’s Angels. She is a life sponsor of Ducks Unlimited and the Ruffed Grouse Society. She formerly served as an Auxiliary Board Member of the Sue Duncan Children’s Center. Ms. Shaw enjoys spending time outdoors hiking, fly fishing and hunting. Links: www.mcgraw.org www.annieoakleyshootersni.org  Show notes: 0:52 – What is inside Crystal’s freezer? 1:51 – Overview of Crystal’s background (three countries and eight states). 4:45 – Childhood adventures, hunting, fishing and upbringing. 8:13 – Hunting and fishing in Australia. 10:26 – Path to cofounding a nonprofit. 12:15 - Best path to obtaining a job in wildlife conservation? 14:00 - Tips for folks who want to reach and grow in the field of conservation. NETWORK! 14:52 - The Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation. 20:52 – Ding Darling was friends with Max McGraw! AND they both have a women’s incitive! 22:46 - What is CLfT? 24:44 - Short break for a message from our partner, Prois, and our partner program, NWF Outdoors. Be sure to follow and support both on social media. 26:07 - Favorite field experiences. #DesertQuailHunting 29:20 - Biology, research and the urban coyote project! 32:15 – Fellowship and internship opportunities… reach out to Crystal directly! 33:08 – Crystal looks to the future of conservation. 39:08 – www.annieoakleyshootersni.org  (Fall classic is Sunday, September 24th) 41:43 – Closing statements… hits and misses! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah Tingey is one of the brains behind a small packrafting company called Alpacka Raft. It started as a basement type of operation, fueled by adventures in the Far North, including time spent in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Sarah tells us about her experiences on that incomparable landscape, plus what it's like to travel there with a small child (on a 10-day packrafting trip, of course). Taking kids into the backcountry isn't all puppies and unicorns, but it can be hugely rewarding when we do make the effort. 1:00 Engage the BLM on Arctic Conservation Issues at www.nwf.org/protectthearctic 4:00 Career life at a small outdoor products company like Alpacka Rafts (you're a jill of all trades) 6:30 Packrafts - they started as a means for water travel in the deep backcountry, like -- say -- a 700-mile trip across Alaska's Brooks Range 9:00 From a basement sewing machine operation to a company that employs 45 people 10:00 "Design by Sheri" - a staple of the Warren Miller ski days, also what would be the skill base for a packraft company 14:00 Sheep hunting; New Mexico elk hunting 21:00 Visiting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and suddenly feeling like all those discussions about oil development weren't very abstract anymore 25:00 Check out a map of where ANWR is 26:00 Efforts to conserve ANWR predate Alaska's statehood 28:00 Would you rather visit a place called a 'petroleum reserve' or a 'wildlife refuge'? 30:00 Taking a BABY rafting on a 10-day trip in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (flash floods, weather delays, hustle hustle hustle) 33:00 Risk judgement when conditions change (leave the stress out of it) 36:00 Carrying a baby in the backcountry; hunting with a baby (or not) 42:00 Growing up in a hunting family, but not ever going along 43:00 Sharing the burden of all the extra energy that goes along with taking a kid outside 47:00 Taking kids into the wild isn't all unicorns and ponies 51:00 Catch the Emily Ledergerber episode on Hunting While Pregnant 53:00 An 185-mile overland trip over several drainages in Alaska, and getting to see a pristine salmon run 56:00 "The 'potted plant' phase [of babyhood]... soak it up." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Holly Heyser works in waterfowl conservation by day -- but she might be best known in the sporting world for her words (To the Bone) and her amazing photos (Hunt Gather Cook). This week we talk about applying the Golden Rule to hunting -- how can we kill the way we'd like to be killed? We talk about hunting with dogs, the merits of the ambush versus the chase, and judging our hunts by the humaneness of a kill. 2:30 Nilgai in the freezer... you need SPACE 7:00 Matching your workout regimen to match your desired quarry 8:00 Hunting over golden retrievers 11:00 California Waterfowl 12:00 Hunter Angler Gardener Cook blog by Hank Shaw, where Holly is the chief photographer 13:00 To the Bone: a new blog launched by Holly and Hank 14:00 And the cookbooks! Everyone... Holly is one half of a wild-game empire 15:00 Hunt Gather Cook Facebook group 16:00 Holly's NorCal Cazadora blog (and word-sparring with Philip Loughlin of the Hog Blog) 19:00 "Killing How I'd Like to Be Killed" from To the Bone 20:00 A bear hunt with houndsmen; Putting yourself in the mindset of your prey... do you prefer the ambush? Or the chase, with a possible chance of escape? 24:00 CWD Chronicles... find it in your Podcasts app 28:00 "Killing isn't fair." 29:00 "Hunting Philosophy for Everyone" by Nathan Kowalsky 31:00 A not-so-perfect dispatch of a hen teal; And still choosing those imperfect kills over conventionally raised livestock 34:00 Hunting birds over dogs vs. hunting large mammals over dogs 37:00 "I don't judge myself, ethically speaking, by how challenging a shot is. I like to judge myself by the humaneness of my kill." 44:00 Measuring cortisol (stress) levels in deer under different kinds of duress 49:00 Two mergansers entwined in death 54:00 Do we feel differently about killing hogs than deer? What about fish? (Is it the eyelashes? An animal's ecological role?) 55:00 "Woman the Hunter" by Mary Zeiss Stange 1:00 Feelings/emotions do have a role in harvest Holly will be traveling with Hank to Pheasant Fest, the big annual gathering of Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever, in Omaha March 11-13. If any listeners wanted to connect with her there, pick a bone, whatever, she'd love to say hi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're revisiting one of Artemis's best-loved series of all time - Chasing Ungulate Tales with the scientists at the Montieth Shop at the University of Wyoming. You've heard it before: "If we kill the animals with the biggest horns, aren't we selecting for smaller horns over time?" This week we take a deep dive into that question with ungulate biologist Tayler LaSharr in the third episode of our special series with The Monteith Shop. We'll also talk about her research into how mule deer behaviors are affected by harsh winter events.  2:30 Squirrels... the gateway drug to hunting? 4:00 A Wyoming antelope hunt with all the science gals, creeping in for that 150-yard shot 7:30 Autopsy is to human what Necropsy (NEE-kraap-see) is to animals 9:00 Antelope heart pastrami (!!!) - get the how-to right here 10:00 Jess's Wyoming tag line-up: Three antelope, three elk, three deer, and one bear 13:00 Research deep-dive: The effects of hunter harvest on horn size in sheep. It started with a paper that used Boone & Crockett data to assess changes in horn size over time 14:30 Bighorn sheep harvested by hunters anywhere are required to be checked into a Fish and Game station… which means there's a treasure trove of data on size/ages of in every state 16:00 Horn size is a function of age + nutrition + genetics 19:00 Mom's nutrition affects her son's antler size 21:00 Does the removal of big males (by hunter harvest) change a population's genetics over time? A lot of it has to do with the average age of rams being harvested in different years 23:00 Alberta harvests sheep by a different standard -- the four-fifths curl. When you have management scenarios where harvest is determined by horns and not age (the annuli), there is evidence that it leads to decreased horn size over time. For example, if a five-year-old grows fast and gets to that four-fifths curl before other individuals his age, he stands to be harvested sooner from his population and may not have adequate chance to breed and pass on his genetics 25:00 How do you age a bighorn sheep?  27:00 One hedge against the overharvest of big-horned young animals is a conservative tag system... it's still a once-in-a-lifetime hunt in many states 29:00 "Evolution reverse" is this theory (/misunderstanding) that hunter harvest of big-horned animals selects out those traits in a population over time. In reality, it's way more complicated than that... management strategy plays a big role in how traits persist over time. Many factors are involved, and broad generalizations generally don't hold up all the time. 31:00 Changes in game management aren't often reflected in an animal population for years/decades 37:00 Rhiannon Jakopak's digest of Tayler's horn size work in layman's terms 38:00 Connecting sheep scientists with sheep hunters 40:00 The Wyoming Range Mule Deer Project  - a long-term study following deer individuals throughout their lives AND their offspring 42:00 Looking at the after-effect of harsh winters on mule deer. Differences in behavioral strategies? Migration routes? Reproductive strategies/mothering behavior? What allowed them to survive when other deer succumbed to winterkill? 48:00 Fish and Game departments have to balance immediate hunter desire against the long-term, ever-changing health/hardiness of game populations 57:00 The genesis of an ungulate biologist!  59:00 Check out more of the Monteith shop at UngulateCompendium.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DEER CAMP! Artemis hosted a fall deer camp at a tough-to-hunt WMA in Tennessee. Even though nobody left with a deer, everyone left with new friends, new experiences, and a new take on what it means to be at deer camp with all women. (Some also left with a UFO sighting that made the news.) Bringing women together in the field is one of Artemis's core missions, and on this episode, we get a firsthand look at the magic that can happen when you mix seasoned veterans with beginners on a no-frills public land deer hunt. 2:00 Artemis Tennessee Deer Camp - participants were seasoned hunters and first-timers alike 4:00 When Artemis ladies meet each other at other Artemis events and cross state boundaries to hunt together again 7:00 Hunting buddies... margarita/karaoke buddies... same-same!  8:00 Hunting solo for the first time & thoughts like, "Do I actually know what I'm doing?" 12:00 Hunting a new place with new people 14:00 Infant on a deer hunt & TWELVE HOURS with an infant in a ground blind 16:00 E-scouting; tree stands; ground blinds; jump shots 18:00 "Movement is the best way to ruin your deer hunt" 19:00 When choosing a site for a blind, ask yourself, "Would my horse spook at this?" 20:00 Deer acclimate to seeing blinds 21:00 Showing up to deer camp and having everyone say, "DID YOU SEE THE UFO?!" and thinking "OMG... who are these people!?" 24:00 The camaraderie and knowledge sharing that happens at hunt camp, even if everyone hunts separately 25:00 That UFO sighting? Others saw it, too. 28:00 When a hunt area has an infamous resident character... meet Fuzzy 37:00 Dryer lint = excellent fire starter & other camp tips and tricks 40:00 Bringing youth (including babies!) into the field & why that matters 45:00 Getting a deer is not the point of deer camp 49:00 Positive experiences with other hunters 52:00 Setting safety expectations early & confronting others exhibiting risky behavior 59:00 Self-dialogue: Is that a real owl hooting off the hook, or is another hunter trying to tell us something? 1:02 There's a 10-day archery season at the same WMA in Tennessee next spring... if you're interested in another Artemis deer camp, get in touch! Find Artemis in our Facebook group or on our website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices